Endurance Nation Triathlon Podcast

Coach Patrick wraps up the 2009 Ironman Louisville experience. He talks about the 30 athletes who raced (results) and the overall process of supporting the team (pictures). He even includes some race day / Kona tips before talking about the 2010 OutSeason Training Plan Sale through 9/30 and the Team EN Waitlist!

Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for a quick preview of our 2010 OutSeason plans and what makes them so insanely effective.

Episode 10: Rich and Patrick talk about the most important aspect of your training -- preparing to race: Determining pace, nutrition, & gear for your big day.

Rich and Patrick, fearless leaders of Endurance Nation, check in during their work week in Coeur d'Alene 2009.

Since we were up in Lake Placid at our annual camp, we were unable to broadcast the Race Simulation show live. Rich and I sat down an recorded this offline, so you can enjoy exactly what we want you to know about Race Simulation workouts: how to plan, execute, and analyze them. What to look out for and how to make critical decisions on what to wear and where to ride. Length: Approx 47 minutes.

Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation talks about the true value of racing with a plan for an Endurance Nation athlete.

Coach P reflects on how it's natural to worry about a missed workout...but why it ultimately doesn't matter...at all!  Tune in and then focus on the future!

Join Endurance Nation coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann for Episode #5 of Race Execution Radio. This week Rich and Patrick talk Racing Hilly Ironman Bike Courses and they interview Matt Ancona (mancona), a Team EN athlete around his most recent race performance.First Half: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation/2009/05/18/Endurance-Nation-Radio-Weekly-Check-In-With-The-CoachesSecond Half: Audio file included here.

Coach Patrick talks about the looming Ironman CDA event and helps re-focus you to making that guy feeling into an ally instead of your training and racing enemy.

Join Coach Patrick of Endurance Nation as he helps an athlete consider how to interpret the new results from a recent bike threshold test.

Meet John Stark: EN NorCal Sleeper Cell Member and our Ironman Couer d'Alene Team Captain. John joined EN in October 2008. In that time his FTP on the bike has increased 14%, from 235 to 275w. Rich and John discuss his progress within EN and his performance at Ironman California 70.3. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts? Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Meet Kris Frazier. Kris is an EN OG, Charter Member of the Lil' Peeps Mafia, Ironman Louisville Team Captain, and a resident of Louisville, KY. She lives right on the bike course and is recently the former president of the Louisville Landsharks Triathlon Club. Since training with Endurance Nation, Kris has seen a 24% FTP increase, 12% VDot increase, a 7' HIM PR on a hilly course vs her former flat course PR. She also finished her first Ironman, Louisville, "coherent and with a smile on her face," and is ramping up for another breakthru performance at L'ville this year.

Marianne is an EN OG (Original Gangsta), having attended Rich's Ironman Louisville camp in June 2007, and then joining EN from the very beginning. She is THE EN Denmother and the Don of the EN Arkansas Mafia. Marianne and Rich discuss her challenging day at Ironman New Orleans 70.3 and her training for Ironman Lake Placid 2009. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts? Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Meet Tom Glynn of Danville, CA. Tom is another member of our EN NorCal Sleeper Cell and is fast becoming the EN Poster Boy for MOP to FOP progression. Since joining Endurance Nation in the fall of 2007, Tom's VDot has risen from 51 to 55.  His Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike has increased 43%, from 215w to 304w. That increased fitness has translated into some very impressive PR's: from a 11:55 at IMAZ'07 to an 11:12 at IMLP'08. Most recently Tom, PR'ed Ironman California 70.3 2009 by 25', on unrested, untappered legs as he focuses on Ironman Coeur d'Alene this season. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts? Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Meet Verna Mandel of Pasadena, CA. Verna has been with us since early 2008 and has made great strides on the bike and run. She and her 47cm bike are members of the Lil' Peeps Mafia, and she is also our resident WKO+ software expert: another example of how Endurance Nation is a unique learning environment in the tri-space. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts? Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Kitima, or EN Code Name Kitiboo, is a relatively new member. She gives us a great perspective on our power and pace focus, and is another example of how you don't have to be a skinny, bald, Type A, male 25-35 power geek to find value in training with power. Oh, and she's also a smart doc-type who gives us her expertise on a number of issues. Since joining EN her running VDot is up 2 points and her FTP on the bike is up...wait for it, 36.7%! Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Meet Todd Glass. Todd and his family live in St. Louis. He is another athlete who has been with us, off and on, since the Crucible Fitness days. He is currently in the rarified fitness air of an FTP north of 300w, and VDot in the high 50's. But he did a lot of work to get there. In the '08-09 Out-Season with Endurance Nation, Todd's FTP has risen 22%, from 265 to 325w. His VDot has climbed from 50 to 57. With an IM PR of 10:15, Todd is poised for even greater things at IMCDA in a couple months. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Hayes is on the right and is not the pro cyclist on the left :-) Hayes is ANOTHER member of EN Northern Illinois Sleeper Cell and the man behind the soon-to-be-legendary EN Midwest Training Camp coming up in less than two short weeks in Madison, WI. Hayes has seen a 25% FTP increase over the winter, lifting his watts from 191w to 239w. He also set a 3 minutes half marathon PR in March, again using our Out-Season training plan....which had him training for a 5k, by the way. Hayes PR'ed his goal Half Ironman last year by 40' with EN. Listen Now Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Matt Sullivan, another member of the EN Northern Illinois Sleeper Cell, is next in our podcast series. Matt's Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike has risen from 175w to 222w, 27%, using our Out-Season training program this weekend. He has also set 45" 5k and 2' 10k PR's this winter. Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you've heard in these podcasts?

Meet Helen Brauch (the one in the middle), or Nemo as she is known to the member of the EN Haus. Nemo has been with us since January '08 and is a charter member of the EN Lil' Peeps Mafia. While training with EN last year she PR'ed IMWI by 1:54. Her previous IM was IMFL, a much faster course. She and a few other EN Chicas will be joining us for our Tour of California 2010 training camp! Listen Now! Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you've heard in these podcasts?