I am just about to finish up an amazing off-season training program with Endurance Nation. 18 weeks of "raising the ceiling" as Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann are fond of saying. That is to say, working on getting fast instead of fat in the off-season. At the beginning Patrick said we would be, "altogether different athletes in 18 weeks." And I am. My bike power at lactate threshold is up 9%, and my sorely poor running speed is also improving. Just last week I was able to hold 6 miles at half marathon pace, when 18 weeks ago, I could barely do one. Plus, I have had SO MUCH FUN doing this. I haven't been this motivated in 10 years, I swear.
The accountability and support among the athletes is unlike any experience I've ever had. All of EN has exceeded my expecations beyond anything I could have imagined.
Take a look at this Long Course Training Wiki that just came out yesterday. There's all kind of stuff like this all the time. Free podcasts, webinars, you name it. I'll be posting a lot of the links here.
I think my blog will be, in part, an EN sattelite. How can I not share stuff like this?????
