Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

  The past two weeks have been a bit hectic. Although I recovered really quickly from IM 70.3 Chattanooga, Karel's broken wrist has been giving him a lot of pain. The broken radius is healing nicely but he is still experiencing a tremendous amount of pain from his ulnar nerve. He doesn't sleep well at night as the pain gets worse. I feel so bad for him. He had a follow-up with his surgeon on Tues (and got his stitches out from the three incisions) and if the pain doesn't get better in the next two weeks, Karel will see a neurologist to figure out what's going on. His PT is going well and he is making some progress with using his fingers (he still doesn't have much strength). We have a good friend/triathlete that is a hand surgeon so he has been incredibly helpful as he has been speaking with Karel almost daily on his progress and figuring out a good routine for his medications to help with the swelling and pain.  So with so much of my emotional energy going to Karel...

Oddly, I'm very calm with one sleep to go before race day. With no expectations or pressures for this race, I'm most excited to kick off the 2018 triathlon racing season and go through the motions and emotions of swimbikerun in a competitive setting. I am also so pumped to race with over 30 of our coaching athletes as part of the regional Tri Club Championship. There's something about seeing familiar faces out on the race course (and the sidelines) that makes for a fun, energy filled day of racing. Here's a list of all of our athletes who are participating: Ironman 70.3 Florida Alvaro Velez Chris Anuszkiewicz Christine Feiherr Curt Kloc Erica Nagy Fiona Martin Greg Marshall Heather Anderson Heidi Hogan Jane Green Jim Nitz Julie Huyett Justine Waters Kathy Petri Kevin Drury Kim Crist Lisa Comer Lisa McCartney Lisa Heath Melanie Ziarko Meredith Rigdon Mitch Przybelski Natalie Ramello Tricia Rado Rebekah Miller Reid Thomas Stephanie Gibson ...

The day has finally come! It's the day before THE Ironman World Championship. I can't believe how quickly this week went by and now we only have one more sleep to go before 2000+ athletes from around the world compete for 140.6 miles on the big island of Kona.  After a great night of sleep, I woke up around 6am. After Karel got up, shortly after, we enjoyed some coffee on our patio as we shared some oversized Trimarni pre-workout pancakes that I made while the coffee was brewing. Around 7:20am, Karel went out for his pre-race workout (ocean swim + ride) while I finished up some work on the computer. Before my morning workout (which was a mini triathlon), I made a buffet of food for Karel to enjoy when he returned home from his workout.  Waffles, scrambled eggs w/ tomatoes and cheese, yogurt w/ smashed mango, fruit fruit and oatmeal.  As for my morning, my workout included a 25-minute swim, 75-minute bike, 40 minute run. My plan was to swim, bike, run but it wa...