Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

How fitting that today is World Bicycling Day today as we spent much of our weekend on two wheels. Not only do I love riding my bike but I absolutely love riding my bike in and around Greenville. Our terrain forces you to improve your skills (mental and physical), resilience and endurance - there's no easy riding here.  Our athlete Robb flew from LA to Greenville to spend two days of private training with us in route to IM Ireland and IM Whistler. Robb is a strong cyclist (who loves challenging courses) so we made sure he got his money worth with lots of time in the saddle, exploring all that our challenging terrain has to offer. Our coach gave us the ok to load the up the weekend with cycling miles so it was a win-win for us all. On Saturday we set out for a long ride up and over Cesar's Head. The weather was a bit "cooler" (in the upper 70's) which made for a refreshing start to the ride. Up in the mountains it was even cooler which was a great relief ...

I didn't grow up as a cyclist - heck, I barely rode my huffy bike with purple tassels when I was a child. I was born to be a swimmer and have always felt comfortable in the water. Karel, on the other hand, was born to be on two wheels. He has been riding a bike since he learned to walk. Road, fixie, TT, triathlon, mountain - you name it and Karel will ride it! Whenever Karel has an off day and he feels tired, I just tell him "go ride your bike" and instantly he feels better. When I met Karel ten years ago, I was training for my first Ironman. My cycling skills were horrible. I was afraid to clip in and out, afraid to get out of the saddle, afraid to be on my aerobars on busy roads (or around other people), afraid to take turns, climb, descend...yes, pretty much afraid to be on my bike despite me training for a 112 mile bike event. I was great at riding on a spin bike and ok at riding in a straight line on the road. Anything else and I felt off balance, uncomfortable an...

Yep, that happened on Sunday (July 20th).  Best bike ride EVER! Riding with THE  George Hincapie ,  17 x Tour de France finisher.  Ever since my dad passed away 59 days ago, there hasn't been a day that I haven't thought about  my dad. My dad had a great love of life, no matter where he was or what obstacle was in his way, he had a smile on his face, a great sense of humor and an ongoing love of being alive.  My dad never appeared stressed out by life. I wish I could say the same for me for I find myself easily stressed out at times.  I am sure we all wish we could be just like my dad and act in a way as if life was just easy.  I know that there were times in my dad's life that were not easy and certainly, fighting stage IV cancer for the last 10 months of his life was no easy task.  Stress affects us all differently but we all have stress in life. Stress is very subjective for it is hard to define and even ...