Endurance Nation Podcast

Bruce Thompson has been with Endurance Nation since 2010, and has progressed from a 13hr Ironman to an 11:05, age group winner performance at 2014 IRONMAN® Mont Tremblant.  Rich and Bruce discuss his race in detail. MANY race execution lessons here for everyone!

Scott has been on the squad for a couple years now, taking well over 2hrs off of his pre-EN Ironman time. Rich and Scott discuss his performance at Ironman Wisconsin, which netted him a 45' PR!

Rich and Dave have been working together for many, many years. In this episode they discuss in detail Dave's breakthru performance at Ironman Canada, where he WON the mens 45-49 age group!

Coach Rich and Ian discuss his performance at Ironman Wisconsin and deliver some especially good guidance on how to break down the bike course.  Ian has taken nearly an hour and half off of his Ironman Wisconsin time in his two years with Endurance Nation.

John and Coach Rich Strauss discuss his textbook perfect execution at Ironman Mont Tremblant. This report contains lots of great lessons for athletes interest in the specifics of racing a long course triathlon with power. 

As the Season Planning Coach, Coach Rich sees many TeamEN athletes have "sub-optimal" seasons as a consequence of not-so-smart race scheduling, and not have the proper perspective on the structure of their training and racing seasons. Rich discusses: How to build 2015 on the base of your 2014 fitness. Endurance Nation's General Preparation Phase -- purpose, training plans we use, etc. How to schedule races and structure your calendar to help us help you have your best season ever! Our split-season approach The importance of preserving your head and SAUs Why you don't want to run a marathon Scheduling half Ironmans in route to your Ironman And more!

Coach Rich Strauss of Endurance Nation discusses tips for the Ironman Wisconsin run course.  Join us for our FREE Four Keys of Wisconsin Pre-Race Talk, Friday, 9/15/14 at 10:30a at the Overture Center for the Arts.  RSVP here: http://thefourkeyswi.splashthat.com/

Coach Rich Strauss of Endurance Nation discusses tips for the Ironman Wisconsin bike course. Specifically: Why Ironman Wisconsin is perhaps the most challenging bike course on the US Ironman circuit. How to ride hills effectively and intelligently, conserving energy, and momentum around the the course.  Join us for our FREE Four Keys of Wisconsin Pre-Race Talk, Friday, 9/15/14 at 10:30a at the Overture Center for the Arts.  RSVP here: http://thefourkeyswi.splashthat.com/

Ben and Coach Rich Strauss discuss his performance at Ironman Lake Placid. 

Ed and Coach Rich discuss his performance at Ironman Lake Placid. This was Ed's second finish at Ironman Lake Placid, after having been self-coached to his first performance at IMLP. Ed's experience with EN provides an excellent demonstration of the value of our "team coaching model," vs the more typical self-coached training approach.