Trimarni skills camp - Day 4

After the brick on day 3 of camp, our campers had a few hours to chill before our traditional camp pizza party + Q&A. Karel did two bike fits before the pizza party and I was able to get some work done during that time. 

We ordered pizza from Sidewall Pizza in Travelers Rest and as always, it was so good. There's something special about sharing yums with others, after several days of exhausting training. We shared our pizza party with a few goats and of course, Campy. 

After everyone was finished eating, we spent the next hour answering questions from our campers and sharing a strength that we felt each camper had shown us throughout camp. It was a great way to end day 3 of camp. 

Day 4 of camp is tough - mentally and physically. You are tired and your mind begins to drift back to normal life responsibilities. This is why I feel a training camp is so good for athletes as it forces you to overcome so many physical and mental struggles. Whereas in your home environment you may give up, not show up or make excuses, these things never happen in a group training environment.

Originally we had planned a transition (run-bike-run, etc.) workout but we woke up to rain and decided to change the plan to only a run workout. Although the workout was "only" a little under an hour, it included ~1200 feet of elevation. We had our campers run on a 0.67 loop that included a little bit of everything as it relates to terrain changes. We love this loop and use it often at our campers for it provides our campers an opportunity to work on different styles of terrain management. It's not an easy loop but it's one that makes you feel very accomplished. 

After the run workout, our campers had about 1-hour to refuel before the last workout of camp. We saved the best for last for we didn't take it easy on our campers with a 1-hour swim workout. 

The swim started off with a long warm-up to loosen out from the run and then, for the main set, there was a lot of head-up swimming (to work on strength and open water skills) going into fast efforts. It was a really tough workout but our campers did amazingly well. Again, there's something special about being in a group environment where you don't let yourself make excuses and you gain positive energy from those around you. 

After the workout we did a few sets of open water swim drills and then finish off with relays. Wow - our campers were working HARD for the relays. Talk about being aggressive and showing competitive spirit! 

This was such a great group of campers. Thank you athletes for investing into this group training experience and for letting us fill your brain with lots of new tips, tricks and strategies to enhance your triathlon journey. An extra special thank you to Al for assisting on course throughout camp and for Joey for the pictures and great SAG support. 

I'd like to send a HUGE thank you to the following companies who played an important role in our skills camp. Thank you thank you for the Trimarni support!!

Carolina Triathlon - bike assembly for BikeFlights
Run In - Providing great service to our athletes
Mg12 - Provided recovery cream (discount Trimarni)
Carborocket - Provided bike and run nutrition (discount Trimarni)
Infinit Nutrition - Provided bike nutrition (discount Trimarnicoach)
Naked Running Band - Provided samples of bands for athletes to try on/use (discount Trimarni15)
Veronica's Health Crunch - Provided delicious crunch (discount Trimarni2018)
PR Lotion - Provided pre-workout sample packets (discount TEAMTrimarni20)
Breakthrough nutrition - Provided bike and run nutrition (discount TRIMARNI)
Zealious - Provided sunscreen and chamois cream samples (discount ZupTRIMARNI19)
Clif Bar - Provided bars, bloks and hydration
Swamp Rabbit Lodge - Providing a great place for camper lodging!