Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

In case you missed it, check out my previous two blogs discussing: Cycling nutrition: keep is simple Debunk the myth: Do you need sport nutrition? EASY FUELING TIPS HYDRATION For triathletes, I recommend 1 water bottle cage for every  hour of training, up to 4 cages. Your hydration set-up should be on your bike at all times but certainly this will come in handy for your longer rides. If your bike does not hold 4 cages, you can alter the set-up with a bottle on your aero bars, two rear cages, set up an additional hydration system (ex. bladder if built in on the bike) or have, at minimum, 3 cages and plan to stop in training after 3 hours. I have 4 cages on my bike (2 in the frame, 2 in the rear) and I am very comfortable grabbing the rear bottles and moving around bottles as I am riding. As you can see from Karel's picture below that he has his bottle on his aerobars with computer attached on top of the cage. He only has three cages on his bike.  GELS Rat...

  If I had to describe Greenville cycling in one sentence it would read "Beautiful, hilly, hard, bumpy, nature, country, farms, bike-friendly." We absolutely love our cycling playground but easy riding doesn't get mentioned much, outside of the Swamp Rabbit Trail.  (SRT). From downtown (where we live), you can find a side-road or jump on the SRT and in 6 miles you reach the first mountain, Paris Mountain, which sits right next to  Paris Mountain State Park.  (where Karel does his Mountain Biking). In about 7 miles, you are out on some of the most beautiful country roads, with hardly a car in sight. The roads are not always paved well so  a smooth ride is always a treat when you can find one. Turn after turn, hill after hill, every ride requires concentration and focus and strong legs and a strong heart...and a very well-fueled body.  The endless farm-like and nature-views that extend for miles make Greenville, SC absolutely magically fo...