Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

We live in a beautiful area just outside of Greenville, touching on Traveler’s Rest. We picked our house/neighborhood because we can bike/run from our doorstep and be on our way to the mountains (by bike) in less than 40 minutes). We encounter minimal traffic while exploring country roads. But living in a tree-filled area with a lot of cables intertwined between tree limbs comes at a cost – we easily lose power. On Sunday morning around 6am, we woke up to a beautiful scene outside – several inches of white puffy snow. For Greenville, this is a rarity as it only snows once, maybe two or three times per year. Although the weatherman predicted the snow, we didn’t expect so much of it.  Campy was not impressed with this situation.  We warned Campy that his worst day ever was about to happen as soon as he got out of bed. He woke up to a nightmare. Typically, Campy does his morning business in our fenced backyard but we knew he wouldn’t go anywhere in the front yar...

We are very lucky that we live in a southern city that provides us with all four seasons throughout the year. But even better, we can train outside year round. However, once or twice a year we get a beautiful snowfall in Greenville, SC. which forces us to train inside. On Friday late morning, after our morning swim and strength session, we were shocked to see the rain turn into fluffy white snowflakes. We had over 24 hours of constant snow falling from the sky and it was absolutely beautiful. Although I was loving the change of scenery in our tree-filled backyard, Campy was not impressed as he is not a fan of anything cold and wet. I suppose when you are a 12-lb dog and live in a world where you can never be too warm or have too many blankets on top of you, there's nothing fun about voluntarily stepping outside, onto the cold, wet ground. As for training, it was a nice change to spend two hours on my Tacx trainer with an hour of very specific variable cadence work. The main se...

In case you didn't hear...... It snowed in Greenville, SC! It was so pretty to wake up to a white backyard.  However, Campy was NOT happy when he woke up Saturday morning and discovered all the white, cold stuff outside. Clearly, he is not impressed with the snow.  Campy was not interested in walking anywhere that had snow on the ground so it made for an interesting morning for him to find the perfect spot to do his morning business.  As for the rest of the day, Campy made himself comfortable in the warmest spot in the house.  Since Campy stuck to his routine of resting all morning, we stuck to our routine of training.  Karel stationed himself in the fit studio where he was entertained with multiple screens and his Cyclops virtual training and Bkool Pro Smart Trainer app for a little bike trainer fun. I had our  at-home-gym  all to myself to suffer and sweat with nothing but me and some jamming mu...

Although we have lived in Greenville for 1.5 years, we were so unprepared for this snow and ice storm in Greenville, SC.  But thankfully, we survived no power for 24 hours. We know that many people, all over the US, had it a lot worse so my hope is that everyone is safe, warm and healthy.  Check list for the next ice/snow storm:  Batteries, all types (especially for portable bubble-makers for fish tanks) Battery radio Be sure portable phone charger is fully charged (thankfully it was this time) Flashlights/Candles Make sure propane tank is filled for grill outside Be sure both cars are filled with gas Buy a shovel and ice scraper Make sure Campy, Smudla and Madison have more than enough dry food  Buy books to read and games to play Buy water jugs (just in case water goes out) Make more "prepared" meals ahead of time for easier meal prep/consumption Buy a generator? With cold rain through the night on Thursday til Friday ...