Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

It’s exciting to travel for a race but if you’ve ever eaten oatmeal with a fork, with warm water from the hotel coffee maker, you know that destination races require a bit of flexibility and creativity when it comes to nutrition. Because most of the races you register for are not in your hometown, don't let your travel plans sabotage your race day performance. 

In 10 days, Karel and I will be traveling to Boulder, CO for 10 days of swim, run and primarily cycling fun. Yay for a real train-cation!! We will also be watching the  USA Pro Cycling Challenge .  Not only are we super excited for our vaca (I can't remember the last time we took an actual vacation - not for a race, not for supporting our athletes who are racing, not for a camp and not for business - a real vacation!) but this will be Karel's first time to Colorado.  Whether you travel for work or for fun, it's important that you remember to meet your energy and fuel needs when you are away from your home environment.  It's very easy (and highly recommended) to establish a routine when it comes to eating, hydrating and fueling in a way that supports the demands of your training (as it relates to performance and health). And this starts at home.  The food you eat helps you meet your energy needs, specifically as it relates to protein and carbohyd...

On Thursday, we (Campy, Karel and I) took a quick trip to  Greenville South Carolina . We have heard so many great things about this beautiful city and bike-friendly community that we decided it was a great time to go and take a little 6 hour road trip and stay until Sat. And if you know us - we LOVE traveling! After our morning workout (treadmill run for me and strength and trainer bike + run for Karel), we packed up for our trip. Yummy Trail mix! I never travel without it! Cheerios, raisins, pecans, peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts.  Sadly, we left our bikes at home due to the high chance of rain during our trip and it was a good thing that we listened to the weather channel. Two full days of rain...but that didn't stop us from enjoying beautiful Greenville! Grocery store salad - mixed greens in a container topped with hardboiled eggs, nutritional yeast, swiss cheese, cashews and olive oil/balsamic dressing. A simple and delicious Trimarni "fast food...

( Source ) I'm very luck to have married someone who loves to travel as much as I do. I love the comfort of my own home and familiar surroundings but I love the experience of traveling somewhere new and creating memories. What makes life even more exciting as I age, is the opportunity to combine two of my passions: racing and traveling. In other words, we love our race-cations. Not sure if I love to travel to race or race to travel but either way you view it, I love meeting new people, exploring the world and capturing moments to be remembered forever.  I loved traveling with Campy to cheer Karel on at his Cat 1 cycling events.  Now, I love our new journey of racing triathlons together. But I will never forget the many years that Karel was by my side as my number one fan.... Coach and best friend.  With two athletes in the house - thank goodness for Campy who can always keep us smiling when nerves are at an all time high and...

Who said it was hard to find veggies while traveling?  Early Thursday morning, Karel and I headed to Pittsburgh for my brothers wedding.  We traded our spandex for our bridesmaid and groomsman outfits and danced the night away.....well past our bedtime.  Keeping with a healthy relationship with food and making sure I eat for fuel and for health, my body was extremely happy during my travels to and from Pittsburgh.  Here are a few (of many) of my delicious traveling eats..... My number one way to maintaining a healthy relationship with food and the body is to never give the body a chance to experience low blood sugar. In route to Pittsburgh  and there were two endurance athlete bodies on board feeling great before  breakfast in ATL: wasa cracker with PB and raspberries at 4:40am, long doggy walk and core/hip work (in place of cardio today) at 5-5:30am and a Trimarni bag of yumminess (and water bottle to be filled after security...