Day 1 Friday:
11am-12:30pm - Run workout at Furman (hills - strength and posterior chain activation)
2-4:30pm - Tour of Boyd Cycling followed by a bike skills and terrain management discussion
We have a great group of 10 athletes, with over half first-time Trimarni campers. We love returning campers but we also really enjoy having new ears and eyes to absorb new skills and information. Every Trimarni camper received Amp Human PR lotion (3 packets), Run In socks and a Trimarni water bottle. At the end of camp, every camper received a gift from us.
We started the morning with an hour long course swim focused on the technique and skills.
After the swim, we had a short break before a late morning run workout. We are passionate about building strong and economical runners off the bike so the run workout included hills, strides, bounding and best EZ pace running.
11am-2pm - Bike workout from Travelers Rest (terrain management and skill focus)
2:30-3:15pm - Run workout (pacing, form)
The goal of our early season camp is to help our campers develop and/or fine tune their skills in route to their upcoming early season events. Our morning 1hr long course swim session was entirely focused on open water skills and race day simulation.
During our 3-hr ride, Karel took every camper through specific descending, cornering, u-turn and climbing skills to help with safety and confidence on two wheels. After the sectioning session, the athletes did a 5-mile TT on rolling terrain to put all the skills to good use. Then it was time for a 25-35 min brick run with a bit of spice (long hill). Travelers rest was busy so we enjoyed the vibe as if it was race day. Everyone was amazing and worked really hard and applied all of their new skills to the workouts.
Day 3 Sunday:
Transition practice
The inaugural 2023 Trimarni camp duathlon x5.
Run/bike (course recon) bike/run/bike/run/bike/run/bike/run workout.
The bike course was around 2.8 miles and our campers had an opportunity to get their heart rate up on the hills and work on bike handling skills like cornering. For the almost 1-mile run, they had to climb a steep hill before settling into a steady rhythm. Only to do it all over again…and again, and again and again, etc. We also had a designated mount and dismount line.
The workout was over 90 minutes total and the athletes collected almost 15 miles of cycling and 5 miles of running.
I’ll be honest, their transitions were very rusty to start 😵💫 with lots of mistakes and fumbles but toward the end, everyone mastered their transitions with confidence. Mission accomplished.
We really enjoyed working with this group of athletes. They learned, applied and worked hard. We had all different levels and everyone felt included and supported.
We'd love to have you at a future Trimarni camp. Here's a video sharing a bit more about our camp.