Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

  This year, I am celebrating 20 years of racing long-distance triathlons. My very first experience with triathlon was in the summer of 2003, a year before I graduated college. I saw a flyer on the wall of the YMCA, outside of the spin class room, promoting a local sprint triathlon. I had dabbled with cross country running during my junior year and I was still swimming competitively. My bike fitness came from teaching spin classes. The triathlon perked my interest but there was one problem…..I didn’t own a bike.  I told my parents about my interest in the triathlon so a few days before my birthday, we went to a local bike shop in Lexington, KY and I bought my first bike. A hybrid bike with a kick stand (first picture above). I had so much fun swimming, biking and then running and at 21 years old, I couldn’t wait to do another triathlon. The next summer, before moving to Florida for graduate school, I completed my first Olympic triathlon in Louisville, KY. I am shocked that I e...