Although our recent camp experience felt a little different with our new COVID-19 guidelines in place, the camp focus remained the same. With every Trimarni camp, we want to help our athletes stretch their comfort zone, practice new skills, improve terrain management, try new things, master sport nutrition, feel challenged and of course, have fun. With each camp being all about our campers, we have many opportunities to help our athletes improve their weaknesses and strengthen their strengths. Although every athlete loves to accumulate miles at a training camp, we feel it would be a diservice to our campers to only prescribe workouts. Instead, we have a tentative schedule as to what we will accomplish each day (and within each workout) but with education as a key component of our camps, we always adjust as we go along to ensure that each camper gets the most out of his/her Trimarni camp experience.
Here's what our five advanced campers accomplished throughout their 3-day training camp:
Monday
AM: 75-minute open water swim workout at Lake Jocassee followed by a 65 minute hilly run workout.
PM: 2:30 bike workout (working on terrain management on a 4.5 mile loop that included a mix of descends, cornering, rolling hills, false flats and climbing. Total elevation gain throughout the ride ~2200 feet)
Tuesday
AM: 90-minute pool swim workout at the Westside aquatic center.
Late morning: 4:10 bike (~4000 feet elevation gain) followed by a 30-minute run.
Wednesday
AM: 3-hour bike (~3000 feet elevation gain) with two 4.2 mile climbs/descends. Started at Tuxedo Park in NC.
Followed by a 85-minute run workout on a packed gravel trail on Lake Summit road.
Our campers finished camp feeling very accomplished and slightly (but not overly) exhausted. In total, our campers completed 9.5 hours of biking, almost 3 hours of swimming and almost 3 hours of running. A total of almost 16 hours of training (in 90+ degree temps) over 72 hours.
As it relates to training, we are still mindful not to overload our athletes as we don't want their immune systems to get taxed with a virus spreading quickly among the population. Although our campers completed a lot of training volume over 3 days, no workout was "too hard" for our athletes. More so, our athletes did an excellent job focusing on doing the small things well like listening to the body, fueling/hydrating smart and maximizing recovery between sessions.
While they were each challenged and tested, we designed the workouts so that everyone could perform well based on their current level of fitness. I prescribed fueling/hydration recommendations for every workout so our athletes were very prepared and well-fueled and hydrated for every session. We also carefully planned out each training session so that there were opportunities to refill bottles/nutrition to ensure that no athlete would have their health or performance compromised by underfueling/hydrating.
In no particular order, here are some pictures from our recent 3-day Advanced Camp.
Here's what our five advanced campers accomplished throughout their 3-day training camp:
Monday
AM: 75-minute open water swim workout at Lake Jocassee followed by a 65 minute hilly run workout.
PM: 2:30 bike workout (working on terrain management on a 4.5 mile loop that included a mix of descends, cornering, rolling hills, false flats and climbing. Total elevation gain throughout the ride ~2200 feet)
Tuesday
AM: 90-minute pool swim workout at the Westside aquatic center.
Late morning: 4:10 bike (~4000 feet elevation gain) followed by a 30-minute run.
Wednesday
AM: 3-hour bike (~3000 feet elevation gain) with two 4.2 mile climbs/descends. Started at Tuxedo Park in NC.
Followed by a 85-minute run workout on a packed gravel trail on Lake Summit road.
Our campers finished camp feeling very accomplished and slightly (but not overly) exhausted. In total, our campers completed 9.5 hours of biking, almost 3 hours of swimming and almost 3 hours of running. A total of almost 16 hours of training (in 90+ degree temps) over 72 hours.
As it relates to training, we are still mindful not to overload our athletes as we don't want their immune systems to get taxed with a virus spreading quickly among the population. Although our campers completed a lot of training volume over 3 days, no workout was "too hard" for our athletes. More so, our athletes did an excellent job focusing on doing the small things well like listening to the body, fueling/hydrating smart and maximizing recovery between sessions.
While they were each challenged and tested, we designed the workouts so that everyone could perform well based on their current level of fitness. I prescribed fueling/hydration recommendations for every workout so our athletes were very prepared and well-fueled and hydrated for every session. We also carefully planned out each training session so that there were opportunities to refill bottles/nutrition to ensure that no athlete would have their health or performance compromised by underfueling/hydrating.
In no particular order, here are some pictures from our recent 3-day Advanced Camp.
