2018 was a very successful year for NAZ Elite athlete Scott Fauble. A seventh-place finish at the New York City Marathon and second American. He also wrote a book with his coach Ben Rosario called Inside The Marathon, which some are hailing as one of the best running books of all time. Scott and Ben were in the Phoenix… [Read More]
HOKA ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite Renews Partnership Deal With Final Surge
Partnership will continue to include sharing training logs and selling training plans FLAGSTAFF, (AZ) – January 10, 2019 – HOKA ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite has announced the signing of an official sponsorship renewal with Final Surge. The deal runs through the end of 2019 and ensures Final Surge will remain the official training log… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 109: Brad Hudson
Brad Hudson has had many phases to his successful coaching career. In today’s episode, we talk to Brad about what he and his star athlete Allie Kieffer are up to in the desert of Arizona. If you have not seen our latest announcement on social media, Final Surge now has Garmin Connect IQ support. Head over to blog.finalsuge.com for more details. Topics covered:… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 108: Kyle Kranz
How do you start or grow a coaching business? It is now January 2019 and one of your goals for 2019 may be to start or grow a coaching business. We are joined by Coach Kyle Kranz who has grown his business significantly over the last few years. We had him on in episode 17 and now… [Read More]
Final Surge Releases New Garmin® Connect IQ™ App
FinalSurge.com announces the launch of their new Garmin Connect IQ app, giving athletes the ability to build and download structured workouts on Connect IQ-enabled Garmin devices. The new Final Surge beta web platform allows athletes and their coaches to build running, cycling and swimming workouts using pace, heart rate and power values, targeted zones, and… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 107: Tom ‘Tinman’ Schwartz
Our two most downloaded podcast of all time are Joe Vigil and Tinman. Tinman was in the Phoenix area for a couple days, my home area, so I arranged to get together with him. We agreed to sit down to record a podcast. As I was setting up we were talking about my high school team’s season… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 106: Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert
The Hopi Indians have a long history and relationship with running. We talk to Professor Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert the Director of American Indian Studies and Professor of History at the University of Illinois. Matthew was involved in the making of the movie Beyond the Mesas and has a book called Hopi Runners: Crossing the terrain between… [Read More]
105: Brogan Austin winner of CIM
When people were projecting the winners of the Californian International Marathon, which served this year as the USATF Marathon Championship Race, Brogan Austin was not the most mentioned name. Not even close. After his win the message boards lit up, who is this guy, he must be a doper. Turns out he is not a… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 104: Jordan Gusman
Jordan Gusman is the latest member of the Tinman Elite training group and on Episode 104 we catch up with him in Colorado before he heads home to Austrillia to race in their 10k National Champs. We get to know about youth running down under and how his training has changes since joining the team…. [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 103: Chris Chavez Citius Mag
Today we welcome Chris Chavez the founder of Citius Mag and the Citius Mag Podcast where we find out how he developed his passion for track and field which lead to the Citius Mag website. Background Grew up Yankess fan dreamed of being a baseball player Didn’t play sports as a kid until 7th grade… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 102: Guy Crawford and Kate Bevilaqua
Last week we had our first husband-wife coaching team on the podcast and this week we follow it up with professional triathletes and owners of GK Endurance Guy Crawford and his wife Kate Bevilaqua. Guy and Kate share their journey to a professional athlete and talk about their coaching program. Background Kate grew up playing netball… [Read More]
Final Surge Announces Launch of New Web Platform Beta
FinalSurge.com introduces the first look at the next generation of their web-based training and coaching platform. With the success of their iOS & Android apps which recently won Triathlete Magazine’s Face Off for Best Online Training Log, Final Surge wanted to bring the same clean design and intuitive functionality to their web version, creating a… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 101: Drew and Caitlin Sapp
Today we have our first husband and wife team on the podcast together. In Episode 101 we talk to Caitlin and Drew Sapp who own a company called Crew Racing. Drew is a full-time triathlon coach and Caitlin a physical therapist and they have found a niche working with athletes coming back from injuries. They have… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 100: Brad Kearns
He was one of the top-ranked triathletes in the world and holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest hole of golf ever played over 500 years. So what drives Brad Kearns to always push himself to be better? In episode 100 of the Final Surge Podcast, we talk to author, podcaster, coach and world record… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 99: Patrick McCrann
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. Listen to the podcast on iTunes or listen to it on Stitcher or Google Play if you have an Android… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 98: Mark Allen
In 2012 ESPN called today’s guest the greatest endurance athlete of all time. Today we welcome Mark Allen to the Final Surge Podcast. Mark has been coaching online since 2001 and recently moved his training platform over to Final Surge. We talk about how he got into triathlons and what it was like in 1989… [Read More]
