Episode 99: Endurance Nation

Endurance Nation coaches over 600 athletes. Today we talk to founder Patrick McCrann about his online community which has helped 16 people qualify for Kona World Championships this year. We talk about the community, his use of Stryd Power Meters and more.  How did you get started?   Rower at BU in early to mid 90's Left school to join Peace Corps and took up running while in Asia Brother did Ironman and lead me to try it and first Ironman in 2001 What type of early success did you have when you started Ironmans 10:43 in first Ironman Florida Became harder after the first one because started overthinking Did you qualify early for Kona? 5 years and 8 Ironman races before qualified Took a while to figure out the execution  Doing Kona again this year 9th Kona What did you do with your training that made the difference to qualify? Building a schedule where could be consistent with training Learning from the training log How do you balance the time between training time and family? Wife supportive and also trains Build a training space in the garage  Flexibility with a training plan to adjust 2001 you did your first Ironman, 2006 was your first Kona, when did you start coaching? 2004 friends asked me for help Early on started having success and created own company 2007 turned it into Endurance Nation What is Endurance Nation? Team of self-coached athletes We give you keys to all the training plans and resources A community that shares ideas, successes, and failures  500-650 athletes at any given time Athletes spread out throughout the world, yet you talk about community a lot, how does that work? Forums - 10 years old with huge amounts of info  Social wall like a Facebook group Is your community for someone more experienced or new athlete? For anyone looking to get better Save time to reach goals How much are you using Power Meters? Been using Stryd's for a whlie Good number to watch that gives instant feedback What do you mean by run durability? Running most injury prone Run less per day but run more days per week to get the volume you desire Many athletes are getting into their final weeks before their big fall race, what do you work on to get them ready for their race and tapering? Race preparation workouts Tapering is more personal per each runner  Rest a little on the early side a few weeks out Endurancenation.us/start Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute Favorite endurance/running book? - Eat and Run Current trainers you are wearing? - Hoka One One Clifton 4 Favorite race? - Boston and trail races Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Ascent Protein Your favorite workout - Long Run Resources Endurance Nation Facebook https://www.facebook.com/endurancenation Endurance Nation Instagram https://www.instagram.com/teamendurancenation/ Endurance Nation Website https://www.endurancenation.us/start/ Stryd Power Meter