Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

When we told our campers that day 2 of camp included a ride up Caesar's head mountain, we had a few campers that smiled with excitement and others looked at us with big, worried eyes....and maybe a few with the look of "are you freakin' crazy??" This is exactly what we love about our training camps. With every camper, there are strengths and weaknesses. The positive energy is contagious in a group training environment so when one athlete is fearful or worried, another camper can pass along his/her positive energy to someone else. With this team approach, everyone has the opportunity to excel. We divided the campers into two groups. Assistant coach Joe and I lead one group at 7:30am and Karel and Thomas lead another group at 8:15am. We modified our original route  just slightly so that we didn't exhaust our campers too much before the start of the 7 mile climb. The first 20 miles to get to the base of Caesar's head included some rolling hills...

A Trimarni training camp is a long time in the making. Reserving the Swamp Rabbit Lodge , contacting Trimarni sponsors for swag, planning the workouts and routes and reserving pool lanes. There's a lot that goes into every Trimarni training camp as each camp is a little different and we always cater to the needs of our campers.  For the 2017 Trimarni endurance camp, we specifically designed workouts that would help our campers build endurance but also to improve skills and confidence for long distance training and racing. While the majority of workouts were not intense, the overall volume was high. It was important to us that each camper felt challenged and uncomfortable while also feeling resilient and strong. Knowing that we had 4.5 days to overload our 16 campers with endurance-focused workouts, we specifically focused on routes that would stretch comfort zones and push physical and mental limits.  With the official camp start day on Wednesday afternoon, my friend/...

Sports are awesome because they resemble life.  In both life and in sport, there are rules, ethic codes, regulations and laws. In both life and sport, the things that come easy are often most enjoyable and fun but when there's a struggle, it's easy to lose motivation and to lose confidence. In both life and sport, we need to work hard, stay committed and remain focused. We also need a bit of luck. And in both life and in sport, we need a "team" to help us succeed. And in life and sport, both can be extremely awesome and a little bit scary. Despite how scary sport can be, people from around the world, of all different fitness levels and backgrounds embrace the scariness of sport because it resembles life. Many people recognize that life is extremely hard so why not do something fun with your body that scares you? I've always believed that one of the best things about sport is having countless opportunities to embrace scary situations and then work to overcom...

Imagine if you could train and race without a single risk for injury?  If it seems to good to be true, well, that's because it is. Injuries are part of sport. If you call yourself an athlete, accept that you are always at risk for an injury. When you train for an athletic event, you are placing a tremendous amount of stress on the body to improve your skills, fitness and preparation. And for any athlete who wants to get more out of his/her body, there are risks to be taken to push a little harder and go a little longer. Certainly, every coach has his/her intentions to design a smart training plan/training environment to reduce the risk for injury but sometimes things are just out of your control. While many injuries (niggles) are managed conservatively with little break in structured training or activities of daily living, other injuries are very disruptive to life, often causing physical and mental stress due to a complete stop in physical activity.  For any athlet...

Name : Christine McKnight Age:  69 City/State:  Saratoga Springs, New York Primary sport : Triathlon  How many years in the sport: 20 years What Trimarni services have you used:  Nutrition consult, Sweat Testing                                                        ------------------------------------- Describe your athletic background and how you discovered your current sport? I graduated from a smalltown high school in western  Michigan in 1965.  There were no sports for girls back then and  no female athlete role models for young women either.  I  was sedentary until my late 30s, when I then took up running. I quickly discovered that I had a competitive mentality.  I was  xclusively a runner for 12 years, and I raced a lot.  But, as the running i...