Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Coeur d’Alene has been on our race bucket list for several years. Back in 2019, Karel registered for 2020 IM CDA but it was cancelled due to Covid. In 2021, the Ironman did not happen and instead, Karel was able to change his entry to IM St. George. A few months later, we learned that IM St. George would be the host of the 2021 Ironman World Championship. In 2022, Karel was once again registered for IM CDA but a month before the event, Karel broke his hand mountain biking. After 2023, the Ironman distance in CDA was discontinued but the 70.3 remained. Finally, in 2025, we were going to check IM 70.3 CDA off our bucket list but Karel had two knee surgeries this year for a torn meniscus (each knee) and since the last surgery in April, he has been having complications - which have impacted his ability to run. We were disappointed that we both couldn’t participate in the race but we decided to make the most of it - I would race and Karel would turn the trip into a mountain biking train-...

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...

In late September, we registered for Clash Daytona half distance on December 3rd. It seemed like a great idea when the weather was warm and we were on a high from XTRI ICON and IM Chattanooga. However, come November, we started to feel the effects of racing every month since January (14 races for me and 14+ for Karel). However, we looked forward to escaping the colder weather and spending a few days in Florida with our athletes.  Karel has the disc wheels inside the car to put on when we arrive. We traveled to Daytona on Thursday. We left around 7:30am and made the 7+ hour trip to Daytona. Karel drove most of the way. I drove ~2 hours through Jacksonville (where we used to live for 6 years). We had Honza (our athlete from Czech) visiting us and sharing the car ride with us. Our friends/athlete Alvi and Yannick left an hour after us. Yannick recently had surgery to fix his collarbone after a bike crash so we invited him to stay with us to enjoy a change of scenery and warmer weather...