Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

When starting a new athletic journey or wanting to live a healthier, more active life, it's normal to try to find as much information as possible on a given topic. Information overload is common in today's society. Although it's easy to get information from the internet, it can easily prevent athletes and fitness enthusiasts from taking action or making sensible decisions due to too much information to consume. And more so, so much of the information available provides conflicting advice. Given all the advice, tips, hacks and plans that are available, many people fail to start (or stay in) a sport, exercise regime or a more healthy style of eating because they are afraid of doing something wrong. For example, the simple task of finding the right pair of running shoes, warm-up routine, swim goggles or pre-workout snack can feel overwhelming. Most of the time, the best way to minimize information overload is to focus on the most simple path to get you started, keep yo...

As athletes, we try to do our very best to be as mentally prepared as possible for race day. Typically we think about how to be strong when our body is aching, how to stay positive when obstacles arise and how to stay tough when the going gets hard.  When it comes to being mentally tough on race day, I am reminded of a quote that reads "When you are 90% done, you are only half way there." As athletes we do a lot of mental training throughout training, on race week and even in the hours before the race start. I often speak about controlling the controllables and not wasting energy on things out of our control and this all comes down to the mental component of being an athlete. We can’t control the weather, but we can control our gear/clothing for race day. We can also control our pacing, attitude and nutrition. We can’t control who shows up on race day, the course, how many volunteers and spectators are out on the course or the exact start time of the race. Although...

Our bikes are making their way to Lake Placid, New York for Ironman Lake Placid on July 28th thanks to Tri Bike Transport ! Seeing that my amazing bike mechanic/hubby will be racing in his first Ironman and not riding on his road bike, giving my parents updates during my race (pic below from Kona 2011), we will be using Tri Bike Transport for my 6th Ironman and not traveling with our bikes on the airplane. What a treat! Are you race ready? New shoes, new race wheels, new wetsuit, new outfit. Athletes are notorious for race week shopping, whether it is online, at local  small business stores  or at the race expo. I feel there is a nice psychological boost to having new things, so long as they are effective and practical for the race for motivation increases when you have a drive to use something new. But having new items does not out-weigh the 3 most important tips for being race day ready. 1) Skills 2) Confidence 3) Planning To briefly break down my...

As human beings, we all make mistakes. But there is a big difference in making mistakes but knowing better, making the same mistake over and over and making mistakes to learn.  I think we could all put ourselves in one of those categories at various times in our life from training/racing with injuries, saying something you regretted/didn't mean, making choices regarding food, etc. But the best thing about making mistakes is knowing that you are trying and that you can make yourself better in the long run.  I remember a few weeks ago when Karel and I were doing a long brick and after our intervals, we joined our normal Saturday morning ride (which is around 50-70 minutes total depending on when we meet up with the fast group) and Karel was feeling the need for speed so him and a few other cyclists broke away and as the pack chased Karel, he was just ripping the pack apart...he was untouchable and seeing him in the distance, I knew my cyclist of a hubby was loving t...