Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

  In early January of 2025, I felt like I had no direction with my training as I was struggling to put together my race schedule. Karel knew that Ironman Lanzarote was always on my race bucket list because of the ocean swim w/ wetsuit, hills on the bike and heat throughout the entire race but I was very scared of the wind. Over the past few years, I have stepped way out of my comfort zone with mountain biking and Xtreme triathlon events so I feel more comfortable embracing challenging race day conditions. When Karel mentioned that I do Ironman Lanzarote this year, I slept on it for a few days and finally committed by registering for the event. Having a race on my schedule that was exciting and challenging gave me the motivation (and direction) that I needed to design my training for the next 5 months. Two of our professional athletes (Katie and Yannick) did the event last year and had great things to stay about the course and island.  In the fall of 2024, we selected our 4 Tri...

IM 70.3 Gulf Coast. Marni: 4:40.18, 2nd AG (40-44), 4th overall female. Karel:: 4:18.04, 1st AG (45-49), 15th overall. There were a lot of great takeaways from this race...... Although it's fun to go fast, I prefer hard, hilly and technical bike and run courses. I love three loop run courses! The training that I need to do to stay mentally and physically healthy and happy right now in my life is very different than the training I used to do to be mentally and physically ready to compete in the 70.3 distance. I've never considered myself great at the 70.3 distance but I'm happy that I can still be competitive without specific 70.3 training. I love competition! I ran the first loop as the lead female. I was passed in the 2nd loop by the eventual overall winner ( Samantha Skold - who was so fast and strong!) I then got complacent. My friend Jen Sylva passed me with a few miles left in the run and she encouraged me to run with her. I wasn't able to match her pace but than...