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Patrick John McCrann | Athlete. Author. Coach. - Calorie Counting Tip (Screencast) Sent Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Calorie Counting Tip (Screencast) photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Many of you have been asking about my body composition focus and what I am doing to lose weight this early in the season. I have been working on several different approaches, but I have found the most fundamental change has simply been counting calories. While eating the right foods makes [...]Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to Live, Live to Train: The Insider's Guild to […]
Patrick John McCrann | Athlete. Author. Coach. - My 2012 Winter Training Plan Sent Wednesday, February 8, 2012 My 2012 Winter Training Plan ** Please note, this is Coach P talking about my fifth outseason...and the following was written in November, just posting it now! The OS plans are awesome and work and they'll help you crush it. This is an exercise in me "hacking" my way to a better plan for me based on my experience, an [...]Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to Live, Live to Train: The Insider's Guild to Building the Ultimate Fitness […]

Patrick John McCrann | Athlete. Author. Coach. - Year End Sale — 50% Off All Training Guides! Sent Wednesday, December 21, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. Year End Sale — 50% Off All Training Guides! Save 50% On All My Training Guides! It's the end of another big year, with this one seeing me set PRs at distances from the 5k to Ironman, culminating in a personal best finish at Ironman Hawaii of 9:52 (photo on left). In addition to all the racing stuff, we moved the family to Rhode [...]Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to Live, […]

Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - Event: Coach P Speaks at Performance Asso... Sent Wednesday, November 30, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. Event: Coach P Speaks at Performance Associates on January 7, 2012 When: January 7, 2012 from 9am to 12pm Where: OA Performance Center, Saco, ME Who: Triathletes of all Ability Levels What: Lecture Series for your Season I get to speak several times a year to clubs or at events, and every time I do my best to really give some solid information so participants leave [...]Patrick's newest […]
Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - RIP Chris Gleason: Father, Friend, Triath... Sent Wednesday, November 23, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. RIP Chris Gleason: Father, Friend, Triathlete As many of you have heard by now, we lost Chris on Sunday, November 20th 2011. He suffered an apparent heart attack at the end of the Philadelphia Marathon en route to set a personal best time.Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to Live, Live to Train: The Insider's Guild to Building the Ultimate Fitness Lifestyle read more... +++ […]

Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - 2011 Ironman World Championship Race Report Sent Wednesday, October 12, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. 2011 Ironman World Championship Race Report Finish: 9:52 -- Swim: 1:06 // Bike: 5:01 // Run: 3:36 -- A New IM PR! The quick version is that I had a good race on a great day for racing in Kona. The race unfolded pretty much as I had expected, only I forgot just how dang hot the run could be. I [...]Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to Live, Live to Train: The Insider's Guild to […]

Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - Flood Relief Challenge for the Adirondack... Sent Wednesday, September 14, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. Flood Relief Challenge for the Adirondack Region Just a sample of the devastation. View more images here. As you know, I have been a triathlete both personally and professionally since about 2004. As a resident of New England, I have spend a tremendous amount of time training and racing on the Ironman Lake Placid course. Tucked away in the Adirondacks, the home [...]Patrick's newest book […]

Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - Coach P’s IM Lake Placid 2011 Report: C... Sent Wednesday, July 27, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. Coach P’s IM Lake Placid 2011 Report: Comeback Complete! Starting Lap Two of the Marathon Lake Placid is officially done, and I can say that I am officially "back" from my accident of last year. The details are below, but the executive summary is as follows. A 9:56:38 finishing time, for my first effort below 10 hours. A 1:07:48 non-wetsuit swim, a 5:18:36 bike [...]Patrick's newest book […]

Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - 2011 Patriot Half Iron Report Sent Wednesday, June 22, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. 2011 Patriot Half Iron Report http://www.sunmultisportevents.com/Patriot_Triathlon.htm Saturday June 18th, 2011 The short summary is that I placed fifth overall, second overall Age Grouper, first in my AG, and set a personal best with a 4:26 performance. This was a breakthrough race for me and gave me a great deal of confidence heading into the final weeks leading up to Lake [...]Patrick's […]
Fuel Your Endurance Lifestyle | Patrick McCrann | Author. Advisor. Coach. - Project Finish Line #9: Sean Ogle Sent Wednesday, June 1, 2011 PatrickJohnMcCrann.com Your Endurance Lifestyle. Redesigned. Project Finish Line #9: Sean Ogle Pretty much nothing about Sean is ordinary, and his marathon experience is about as unconventional as it gets. I don't recommend that you follow his program, but I do think you should reach for your goals no matter how tough the journey becomes! "I never, ever, EVER thought I'd be able to run a marathon [...]Patrick's newest book is available now! Train to […]