Patrick John McCrann | Athlete. Author. Coach.

Calorie Counting Tip (Screencast)

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:11:24 +0000

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 [...]

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Winter Training Mid-Term Update

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:15:57 +0000

If only my trainer was outdoors like this one!!! photo credit: Team Traveller I wanted to follow up on the changes that I made to my off-season training plan. As many of you know back in October I finished Kona and took three weeks off. Then I came back and started to fight the Battle [...]

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My 2012 Winter Training Plan

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:01:25 +0000

** 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 [...]

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Year End Sale — 50% Off All Training Guides!

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:18:37 +0000

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 [...]

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Event: Coach P Speaks at Performance Associates on January 7, 2012

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:32:51 +0000

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 [...]

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RIP Chris Gleason: Father, Friend, Triathlete

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:29:00 +0000

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.

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2011 Ironman World Championship Race Report

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:01:59 +0000

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 [...]

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Flood Relief Challenge for the Adirondack Region

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:00:37 +0000

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 [...]

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Coach P’s IM Lake Placid 2011 Report: Comeback Complete!

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:22:18 +0000

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 [...]

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2011 Patriot Half Iron Report

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:28:49 +0000

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 [...]

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