What if a tiny oversight could cost you an entire race? Join us as we recount the ups and downs of the Vermont Overland race, a brutal 55-mile course with 7,500 feet of climbing. This episode is packed with personal stories and hard-earned lessons on the importance of meticulous race preparation. From my own frustrating Did Not Finish (DNF) due to preventable equipment failures to the value of carrying spare valves and CO2 cartridges, we lay it all out. You'll get an inside look into the mechanics and mental strategies required for a successful race day, revealing how even minor oversights can lead to major setbacks.

We also introduce you to the Race Saver Bag, an innovative tool designed to help runners manage their core temperature effectively and stay competitive. This game-changing product, once exclusive to professional athletes, is now available to everyone and can help you achieve your personal best. With practical tips on mental rehearsal and handling unexpected challenges, this episode aims to equip you with the knowledge to make smart, decisive choices when it counts the most. Don't let preventable mistakes sabotage your performance—listen in and prepare to elevate your race game.

Learn more and take our free email course here: https://mailchi.mp/endurancenation.us/freefourkeys

What if the key to your best triathlon run isn't about speed, but about avoiding a slowdown? Join us as we unveil crucial strategies for effective run execution that prioritize smart decision-making over sheer hard work or luck. We'll delve into how your ingrained running identity, often linked to specific race distances and times, can be a hidden pitfall on race day. Discover how shifting your focus from running fast to managing your pace conservatively at the start can help control your heart rate and heat accumulation, allowing you to maintain your performance throughout the race. Equip yourself with knowledge and proactive practice to realize your full potential.

Aid stations might seem like minor pitstops, but improper management can cost you valuable time. We discuss the critical importance of planning what you need to achieve at each aid station, whether it's fueling, hydrating, or cooling. By having a clear strategy and executing efficiently, you can significantly enhance your race performance. Moreover, we emphasize that exceptional run execution is part of a broader preparation that includes solid swims, good biking, and effective nutrition strategies. Listen in as we share insights and resources from Endurance Nation to help you race to your peak potential.

Learn more and take our free email course here: https://mailchi.mp/endurancenation.us/freefourkeys

Unlock the secrets to maximizing your athletic potential with our latest episode. Discover how to effectively extend your rest periods beyond what you might think is necessary, ensure you're getting at least eight hours of high-quality sleep, and eliminate those sneaky, unnecessary sugars and calories from your diet. We'll share expert strategies for reducing overall life stress by tweaking your workout load structures—keeping the frequency but dialing back the duration and intensity. Learn how these adjustments can make a significant difference in alleviating training stress and promoting optimal recovery without sacrificing your activity levels.

Next, we tackle the art of balancing your training schedule to boost race day performance and recovery. Find out why prioritizing weekday workouts and incorporating strategic rest blocks or full rest days, especially on Sundays, can be game-changers. Learn how to align your workouts with the specific demands of your upcoming races, whether they call for short, intense efforts or longer endurance sessions. Our goal is to help you eliminate unnecessary mileage and tailor your training plan to meet your unique personal goals, ensuring you remain strong and competitive throughout the season.

Finally, we dive deep into the nuts and bolts of strategic training and race planning. Understand the crucial balance between hard training and adequate rest to avoid burnout. We'll provide practical tips for monitoring fatigue through heart rate variability, mood checks, and nutrition adjustments. Learn how to create a personalized recovery protocol and outline a recommended training block structure that propels you toward peak performance as race day approaches. Plus, we offer insights into adjusting your nutrition plan throughout the year to maintain optimal body composition and athletic performance. This episode is packed with actionable advice to keep you performing at your best all season long.

Racing or not racing, there is no better time for volume than the Fall. The weather takes a step back, the scenery is evolving, and your baseline fitness is 100% ready to build upon.  

• The Epic Hike
• Adventure Cycling
• Exploring the Trails
• Bonus: How to Focus for a Key Race

Watch the video on YouTube here: 

https://youtu.be/TH5TSkKeDDE

How to make the most of your summer fitness as you head into the fall? Not how everyone would do it, but how we roll inside Endurance Nation. Our Anti-Vanilla approach will help you make the best next decision on your endurance journey.   

• The Volume vs Intensity Decision
• Capture Heat Lessons Learned
• Beach Body Status

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/lp_upt5ERtQ

Are you just getting into ultra running?  Join Coach Patrick for a discussion on what to focus on in those early ultrarun days.

• Pick a Friendly First Race
• Durability Before Race Training
• Consistency is Your Mantra
• Practice on Race-Like Terrain
• Run with Others to Learn Faster

Not all races go as planned. But like grandpa always said, "If life gives you crappy races, then go plan some revenge dammit!" Here's how you can mke the most of a poor first go round. 

• Diagnose the Difficulty
• Use the Four Week Event Window 
• Recover Like a Pro (Skip if you didn't race)
• Restart Like a Pro 
• Draft the Rock Solid Race Plan
• Execute with Confidence

Swimming in open water is different than swimming in a pool but with the right skills, you can crush your triathlon swim. Join Coach Patrick where he shares his open water swim tips for the somewhat experienced triathlete!

• Safety First: Location, Company, Visibility
• Body Positioning: Wetsuit vs Swimskin
• Upping the Cadence
• The Perfect Back Stroke
• Hack Your Directional Challenges
• Become a Close Swimmer

Do you ever sit down and evaluate your race performance? You can pull out a lot of great information if you know what to look for.Join Coach Patrick for a discussion on race recaping like a pro.

• Pre-Race: Commit to All the Data
• Cross Check Your Plan: Yes v. No
• Identify the Line: When Things Got Real
• Reverse Engineer a Better Finish
• Exchange Experience for New Knowledge

Great tomorrows start today. Relying on luck isn't a strategy. Sometimes things work out, but more often than not they won't unless you've had some input on them. The athletes inside Endurance Nation have many different methodologies for making this possible. 

Here are a few options for you to consider as you up your training game.

• The Calendar
• Knowing Priorities
• Style 1: The Sunday Nighter
• Style 2: The Afternooner
• Style 3: The Key Workouter 

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/bQpSQgC-xa8

It's generally accepted that humans can live for three days without water but they can go weeks without food. Not something that any of us ever want to test, but a good corollary to how we fuel our endurance events. The importance of hydration cannot be overstated. Most endurance athletes approach race day as a calorie problem, not a fluid problem. This approach is short-sighted given the importance of hydration, as it enables athletes to maintain desired levels of high athletic function.

Here's a hydration primer:  

• The Basics [here]
• Source the right stuff (Carbs + Electrolytes)
• Conduct a Sweat Test
• Outline a Progression
• Warning Signs: Swollen finders, Dizziness, Lack of Sweat, Sloshy Stomach

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/g50vXgJVn0M

Most endurance athletes consider heat to be their enemy. The truth is, it's the great equalizer. Extreme conditions Force everyone in the race to adapt. No one is exempt from high temperatures, but how you handle it will set you apart. 

Here are our top five tips to making sure you can compete to your potential. 

• Zone 1 Heat Training
• Create & Test Cooling Plans
• Heat Training Lessons Learned
• Identify Your Temp Cap 
• Define Your Pacing Parameters
  
  

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/MmIf45tymAI

In this episode of the Endurance Nation podcast, Coach Patrick emphasizes the critical importance of rest and recovery for endurance athletes. Proper recovery not only prevents burnout but also enhances overall performance and longevity in the sport.

Key Strategies for Rest and Recovery:

• Rest Hard: If you think you need two days off, take four. Commit to doubling the rest period you believe you need to ensure full recovery. Focus on getting eight-plus hours of sleep each night and eliminate stimulants like caffeine and sugar late in the day to help your body unwind.

• Clean Eating: Cut out unnecessary calories and sugars to allow your body to reset and recover. Eating clean helps mitigate the fatigue accumulated from training.

• Holistic Recovery: Address all aspects of your life, including work and personal stressors, to create a comprehensive recovery environment. Use this time to offload non-essential tasks and focus on rest.

• Adjust Training Load: Identify and reduce the most taxing workouts. Maintain the frequency of workouts but decrease their duration and intensity. For instance, if you're fatigued, shorten your sessions or lower the intensity by one training zone.

• Optimize Your Week: Adjust your weekly training structure to prioritize either weekdays or weekends, depending on your schedule. Incorporate micro rest blocks or complete rest days to ensure adequate recovery.

• Prioritize Race Day Performance: Focus your training on the sessions that directly impact your race performance. Eliminate junk mileage that adds unnecessary fatigue without beneficial returns.

By integrating these rest and recovery strategies, athletes can sustain high performance levels, avoid burnout, and stay on track with their training goals. Tune in for detailed insights and actionable tips to enhance your endurance journey.

Time is of the essence, even if you are goals are Epic. One of the most challenging aspects of endurance training is finding the time to create a foundation of endurance. Over time we have found that stacking back-to-back days is the best way to fast-track your gains without disrupting your regularly scheduled life. 

Here's how to build your best 48 hours: 

• Race Expectations [Weekly? Monthly?]
• Calendar Review
• Create Your Agenda
• Prep Day Secret
• Budgeting Recovery

Watch the video on YouTube here:  https://youtu.be/W17SfbPIHdo

One adventurous gravel ride wend a bump too far -- and resulted in a broken seat post on my new Cannondale SuperSix EVO gravel bike. With 8 weeks to get a new one (thanks supply chain!), my online community of friends came to the rescue.  Moral of the story: Train alone and you miss out on all the fun and benefits that come with a global team of awesome athletes on your side! Learn more at www.endurancenation.us/newjoin

The majority of athletes consider heat to be their enemy. It depletes you, it slows you down, it burns your skin, it makes training and racing downright miserable. In other words, this is the perfect opportunity to turn someone else's problem into your advantage. 

Training in the heat, done properly, brings additional adaptations for your Fitness that will unlock performance on race day. Several studies have shown that training in the heat two or three times per week for 20 to 90 minutes, will create several beneficial training effects. 

• Decreased heart rate
• Improved exercise economy
• Lower core temperature at sweat onset
• Increased plasma volume (Plasma is the liquid component in your blood. If the volume is increased, you can send blood to cool your skin without compromising the supply carrying oxygen to your muscles.)

Your race simulation is the most important workout you do before your race is a simulation. Regardless of your sport, preparing for race day isn't just about fitness, it's about execution.  Skip a few critical early steps, and your race will be full of turbulence.

When you are ready to go to the next level, you need to move beyond the logistics of the race. Now we begin to talk about the environment. Each race brings its own set of conditions that you need to prepare for. Elevation, weather, course layout, resources on the course, equipment required, time of day, duration of the event…you get the idea!

Here's our five step framework to make your next race simulation the best possible. 

1. Macro Course Review - Distance, Athlete Guide / Build Into Your Plan

2. Check the Weather - View History / Schedule Key Workouts

3. Micro Course Review - Key Sections / Replicate 

4. Nutrition + Gear Planning - Test Your Execution

Write + Review - Create, Test and Review Your Plan

Tune in as Tim Cronk and Peter Noyes take us through their race experience at the Cocodona 250. One of the most epic run events on the US ultra calendar, this one put took of our guests to the very edge of their personal limits. Learn about the mindset, training and gear in this wide-ranging interview! 

Last Minute Training Up

• Six Week Program

Equipment Choices

• High-quality machine that's adjustable
• Powermeter or Heart Rate Monitor
  
  

Ride Pacing

• Warm-Up for 30 minutes, every day. Longer as tired. 
• Set Caps for Effort. 
• Stops are Your Friend. 

Ride Nutrition

• Hydration Matters; You Must Be Peeing every 2-3 hours. 
• Consistent Calorie Consumption
• Take Advantage of Breaks

Ride Recovery 1: Post Ride

• Protein
• Shower + Legs Up
• Hydration

Ride Recovery 2: Between Rides

• Solid Dinner Choices with Carbs - Pasta, Bread, Potatoes, etc. 
• Limit alcohol
• Post Dinner Walk to Get Loose

Coach Patrick covers one of the most challenging aspects of being an endurance athlete managing fatigue. Mid-season fatigue is unique in that it can hide easily behind important workouts and race preparation. We often dismiss being tired mid-season as this is simply part of "achieving our goals." over time, even small amounts of fatigue can snowball into larger problems if you're not careful. Tune in to learn how you can stay on top of managing this important trend.

Coach Patrick helps you to create a clear review of your performance for near-term gains in your season. Don't "throw away" any of the early events; even if you didn't nail the taper or show up 100% prepared. There are always good lessons learned that can help you improve your execution and preparation over the course of the season. 

Talking points include: 

• Race Type & Conditions
• Equipment Evaluation
• Fitness Evaluation
• Strategy Evalulation
• Reminder to Review Before the Next Race!

Coach Patrick explains how intermittent speedwork can be exactly the right does of training, adventure, and fun. Most athletes overestimate the amount of speed work their bodies can handle, and underestimate the time required between these high-quality sessions.  Solve this problem by using races to "time box" the amount of work to fit your goals for each phase of your season. 

Key talking points include: 

• Define the Event: Fun, Short, and Safe
• The Warm-Up: Shorter = More Work
• The Pacing: Get up to Speed & Sustain the Work
• The Reward: Post Event Celebration & Lessons Learned

 Coach Patrick discusses the importance of managing the hydration transition from Winter training to Outdoor training in the Spring. There's precious little overlap between the two, and even a small misstep can have long-term consequences for your ongoing training. Follow the steps outlined in this episode to make sure that you are aware of your hydration needs. Use it as a baseline for creating a successful outdoor spring training season!

In this episode of the Endurance Nation podcast, Coach Patrick outlines key warning signs that indicate you might be heading into a mid-season slump. Understanding these signs early can help you make necessary adjustments to avoid fatigue and maintain peak performance.

Key Warning Signs:

• Difficulty Sleeping: Not just trouble falling asleep, but restlessness and overheating at night, indicating your body is overworked and struggling to recover.

• Plateaued Progress: If your training efforts aren't translating into performance improvements or you're experiencing unexpected performance dips, it's a sign you may be overtraining.

• Emotional Instability: Increased irritability and frustration can be indicators of physical and mental fatigue, often noticeable to friends and family before you realize it.

• Elevated RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion): Workouts feel harder than usual, even at lower intensities, suggesting that accumulated fatigue is affecting your performance.

• Erratic Morning Heart Rate: Significant fluctuations in your morning heart rate or heart rate variability indicate your body is under stress and struggling to recover.

• Decreased Workout Performance: Inability to complete workouts or needing extended rest between intervals shows that your current training load is too high.

• Lethargy and Low Motivation: A lack of enthusiasm for workouts you typically enjoy is a red flag that you're heading towards burnout.

• Increased Susceptibility to Illness and Injury: Frequent aches, pains, and minor illnesses can signal that your body's immune system is compromised due to excessive training stress.

By recognizing these signs early, you can adjust your training, prioritize recovery, and maintain your progress throughout the season.

Tune in to learn more about how to recognize and respond to these warning signs to stay on track and achieve your endurance goals

The Catch: The Unscheduled Athlete Gets No Training Time In this week's episode, Coach Patrick breaks down how you can apply your workout mindset to work itself. The goal here is to great optimized blocks for productivity, and allow for areas of recovery. It's not all about the time you spend at work, but what you do with that time!

Join Coach Patrick to learn how we recommend adjusting you plan to overcome early setbacks. 

- The Return from Injury: You are rested, but healing and building trust.

- Phased Training Load: Goal is to move from active, to relevant, to specific. 

- The Return from Illness: You are rested but cardivascularly starting over. 

- Phased Training Time: Goal is to move from daily stress to activity-based stress to training. 

- The Return from Travel: You are healthy, but have lost some fitness. 

- Rebuilding Your Aerobic Base: Goal is to use aerobic volume to reboost your training levels and accelerate your return to training. 

Get the podcast version online here: https://www.endurancenation.us/podcasts

Join Coach Patrick to learn how we recommend that you work to Overcome Early Season Challenges. Key points include: 

- Are the "Wrong"s All Gone?

- Weekend Work Plan

- Adjust Goals Sequentially

- Race to Fitness

Get the podcast version online here: https://www.endurancenation.us/podcasts

Coach Patrick is joined by Endurance Nation athlete Jonathan Benson to talk about the role of testing inside Endurance Nation. Depending on the time of season and your goals for the year, the importance of testing will vary. Tune in to learn the best way forward to maximize your training.

Coach Patrick covers the fundamental changes in our updated training plans. Learn what's new for the season, and gain a better understanding of how Endurance Nation empowers age group athletes to be their personal best.

- Increased Workload with Descending Work

• Vision > Goals > Staged Goals
• Vision of Your Performance
• Why Goals vs Benchmarks
• Why Staged Goals vs Open Goals?

Coach Patrick reviews the importance of well-fueled workouts as it relates to your total health and wellness. Yes, even winter workouts are a good time to develop your overall ability to train and recover properly. Talking points include: 

• Building Long Term Healthy Habits
• The More Work, the More Important Fuel Becomes
• Optimize Nutrition Outside of Workouts First
• Workout Nutrition Portion Sizes Change, Quality Remains
• Bonus: Recovery Fuel

In this episode of the Endurance Nation podcast, Coach Patrick dives into the all-too-common issue of the mid-season slump and shares expert strategies to help you avoid it. The mid-season slump can derail even the most dedicated athletes, leading to fatigue, stalled progress, and waning motivation. But with the right approach, you can stay on track and achieve your goals.

Key Points Covered:

• Recognizing the Signs: Learn to identify early warning signs such as difficulty sleeping, plateaued progress, and emotional instability. Catching these signs early allows for timely adjustments to your training plan.

• Adjusting Your Load: Coach Patrick explains how to reduce workout intensity and eliminate the most taxing sessions while maintaining frequency. This helps keep your body active without overwhelming it.

• Prioritizing Recovery: Emphasizing the importance of sleep, nutrition, and stress management, the episode offers practical recovery techniques like stretching, foam rolling, and active recovery sessions.

• Strategic Planning: Discover how to create a season roadmap with built-in rest periods and improved alert systems to prevent overtraining and ensure consistent progress.

Tune in to gain valuable insights and actionable tips that will help you navigate the mid-season slump and maintain peak performance throughout your training season.

Coach Patrick explains the benefits associated with a divided training week during the winter, revealing one of our key OutSeason training secret! Key talking points include: 

• A Week of Quality - the 3:2 Golden Ratio
• Value of Compounding Time: 14 weeks @ 2 Days = 1 month!!
• Opt for Recovery First - Includes Sleep
• Target Critical Success Factor
• • Option 1 = Functional Strength
  • Option 2 = Flexibility
  • Option 3 = Swimming

Coach Patrick breaks down how you can avoid social disasters, lost training, and tons of unnecessary stress by planning ahead for training during the holidays. Talking points include: 

- The Problems

- Big Picture

- Pre-Emptive Nutrition

- Key Workout Windows

Losing a whole week of training in the winter can be a real psychological blow. Two steps forward and one step back, they say, but it doesn't feel like dancing -- it feels like losing! This is what Endurance Nation holds a fun annual "end of the year" 7-day run challenge you can do to stay fit and sane over the holidays. Talking points include:

• Focus on What You Can Control
• Reward is Frequency, Not Injury
• The Bridge - Maintain Momentum
• Re-Enter Slowly to the Regularly Scheduled Program
• Justify New a Shoe Purchase? 🤣

Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P introduces the third installment of our PRO newsletter.

This newsletter is a deep dive on a specific topic relevant to endurance sports. Delivered twice a month to your inbox, the problem is that it will make sure that you were up to speed on the most current trends and in an optimal position to make decisions that can advantage you. 

Get regular updates and articles that will make you a smarter and faster athlete! Sign Up Here

Audible eBook Trial: Make the most of your drive time or down time with business, learning or entertaining books (that you'd otherwise NEVER read): www.endurancenation.us/audible

Become a Podcast Supporter: That's right, you can help contribute to keeping the Endurance Nation podcast 100% athlete-focused. Make a small contribution online here: www.patreon.com/endurancenation

Endurance Nation is the world's largest, fastest online triathlon coaching group with more than 750 members across the globe training and racing together. Be sure to check us out at EnduranceNation.us to stay on top of all things endurance. If you're ready to get started create your Membership at EnduranceNation.us/join - we have a 30-day money back guarantee if you aren't satisfied!

Endurance Nation: Work Hard, Get Smart, Go Fast! 

Coach Patrick outlines the three core reasons that you benefit - and benefit others - by training with a Team:  Momentum, The Experience Factor, and Having Fun

Coach Patrick introduces the fundamental elements of the Endurance Nation experience. The Six Laws highlight the importance of being a part of a team when striving for your athletic goals. If you have serious ambitions next season, Endurance Nation is the best way to make sure you have the accountability, support, and resources you need! Sign-up is open 10/18/21 to 10/31/21 only.

Coach Patrick breaks down how Endurance Nation members think about managing their taper for a 70.3 distance triathlon. He talked about the three things that can get in the way as you go through the process of preparing for a race: the mental freak out, the physical strain that just kind of manifests itself on your body, and the general fear of missing workouts. The last point was the most important: crafting that race plan.

Join Coach Patrick for a special member interview with Rob Tune after his sub-four marathon in his for Ironman. 

Rob is an energetic racing enthusiast who discovered triathlon in 2019, and hasn't looked back since. 

Tune in to learn how he overcame an early-season run energy and executed a killer bike. 

🚨 Editors Note: We lost the first 25' of the podcast...just an FYI...

Key Talking Points:

• How nutrition became a focus
• Learning from mistakes to adapt on race-day
• The advantage of priceless support from Endurance Nation members
• How his first Ironman experience can help him overcome future race challenges

"This race really exposed for me how much potential I have moving forward (with better bike execution, more accurate thresholds, OutSeason training). I'm super excited for the future and working with Endurance Nation!" ~ Rob

Additional Links and Resources:

• Ironman Race Rank and Sufferlevel

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Endurance Nation is the world's largest, fastest online triathlon coaching group with more than 750 members across the globe training and racing together. Be sure to check us out at EnduranceNation.us to stay on top of all things endurance. If you're ready to get started create your Membership at EnduranceNation.us/join - we have a 30-day money back guarantee if you aren't satisfied!

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Ever feel like your heart's racing before you've even dipped a toe into open water? That's the anxiety Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation is here to tackle. With a wealth of experience and a calming influence, he's your guide through the choppy waters of open water swimming anxiety, providing practical advice that's crucial whether you're gearing up for your first swim sans pool lanes or you're a seasoned swimmer looking to refine your open water technique.

During our session with Coach Patrick, he doesn't just throw you in at the deep end; he equips you with a life jacket's worth of strategies to keep you buoyant. From emphasizing the significance of safety—cue the wetsuits and buoyancy aids—to the importance of a collective swim route and the power of camaraderie in the vastness of open water, he's got your back. Listen in as we navigate the loss of poolside sensory cues and learn to embrace the unpredictability that makes open water swimming both an exhilarating challenge and a metaphor for life's adventures.

Special guest Mark Paveley from Mallorca Cycling Tours joins Coach Patrick to talk preparations for the 2022 cycling camp. Our annual trip to the island of Mallorca has been a huge highlight community. There's nothing quite like riding a bike in paradise, and this is about as close as you will come in your present life. We only have five slots left, so be sure to visit our camp website and see if you'd like to join us: www.mile18inc.com/mallorca-cycling-camp-open/  You can watch the video version of the interview online here: https://youtu.be/AX-Eop96BNY

Coach Patrick reveals his top secret hack for keeping track of all the changes he makes to his training and racing gear. As an endurance athlete, you are juggling hundreds of different data points daily. Being able to access critical information on demand, when you need it most, is a game changer. Follow Patrick's guidance to use your smartphone as the repository for all of the changes and decisions you are making across the course of a season. 

This week Coach Patrick welcomes special guest Jeremiah Bishop (Instagram) to discuss the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo happening September 26, 2001 [bikereg].

You'll not only hear about the course, you'll learn:

- Why you should never leave your bike next to a Bud Light can
- How to make a "Fondo Fizz" (I want one)
- The right type of gear for the 110-mile Alpine Loop route

Oh, and you'll have a blast. Endurance Nation will be on site at the 2021 ALGF. We'll do a Friday recon ride as part of a weekend of adventure...you should join us Sept 24 to 26!

Join Endurance Nation for the Weekend!

Full details on how you can join us for this weekend of cycling fun are online here: https://www.mile18inc.com/2021-alpine-gf-gathering/ 

This is another installment of the  Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) endurance podcast series. 

Additional Links and Resources:

• Alpine Loop Gran Fondo
• Vegan Cyclist Video Review
• Another Video Interview

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Endurance Nation is the world's largest, fastest online triathlon coaching group with more than 750 members across the globe training and racing together. Be sure to check us out at EnduranceNation.us to stay on top of all things endurance. If you're ready to get started create your Membership at EnduranceNation.us/join - we have a 30-day money back guarantee if you aren't satisfied!

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