Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Day 1: Tuesday May 13th After two long days of travel, we were ready to move our bodies. Typically, Wednesday before a race is our "biggest" day of training but since we didn't do anything for the past 48 hours, it was important for me to wake up my body with a good load. This would also allow for a few days of recovery before the race.  Our Airbnb is located at the Colony Club, which is across the street from the Plus Fariones Suite Hotel. Our professional athlete Bara (from Czech) is staying with us. She arrived on Friday so that she could spend a few extra days on the island in her final prep before the race. We have a nice ocean view and we are a quick 5 minute walk to the race start/venue. We are also within walking distance to the grocery. There are countless restaurants, ice cream shops and stores along the beach (which is also the run course for the Ironman).  Around 9am, we walked to the Centro Deportivo to go for a swim. The entry fee was 15 Euros each (day pass...

First things first. The ebook of my book Essential Sports Nutrition is now available for only $0.99!! Take advantage of this great deal as it's only for a limited time (until the 17th). Now back to Kona happenings.... The streets are getting super busy. Along with a cruise ship rolling in on Monday, the majority of IM Kona athletes and volunteers have arrived to the island.  Monday morning started bright and early with a 6:15am swim led by Matt Dixon with Purple Patch Fitness. Karel and I got in a bit earlier and I swam a bit extra for a total of around 4300 yards. Here's the workout: Warm-up: ~1100 Pre-set: 100 smooth, 25 fast 75 smooth, 25 fast 50 smooth, 25 fast 25 smooth, 25 fast (continuous) MS: 6 x 50's fast 200 smooth 4 x 50's fast 200 smooth 2 x 50's fast 200 smooth Post set: 6 x 100's strong 300 EZ pull (I think I'm forgetting something but that was what I remembered) As we were leaving the pool to ride back to our condo, we bumped i...