Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Around 7:15am, we left our condo and drove to the  shops at Mauna Lani  (North of the island) to start our ride. Karel had a 3-hour endurance ride on the schedule to flush his legs from yesterday's sessions. Since we hadn't yet ridden the Hawi section since arriving (we covered everything else on the Queen K), we thought it would be good to head out there early and get reacquainted with the back part of the course. As you may know, this is where the historic Kona winds are the fiercest and you can always tell from the white caps on the ocean if the winds will be blowing (no white caps = calm winds).   As we left the parking lot, Karel needed some time to loosen out his legs so the pace was rather easy to start just to move blood.  Although we started the ride at 8am, it was already hot. Thankfully we packed along plenty of hydration/sport drinks for our ride. From the exit of the Mauna Lani resort (turning North on to the Queen K), it's ~6....

The energy is building on the island. With more and more triathletes arriving each day, you can feel the excitement building.  Now that Karel has brushed off most of the stiffness from travel, his training called for a 90-minute ride in the AM and an intense swim workout in the PM. I did a longer (and slightly modified) version of his swim workout in the morning. MS: 3x's 300 strong 6 x 50's fast 6 x 25's very fast 300 smooth w/ paddles and snorkel Total swim: 4300 yards I shared a lane with  Helle Frederiksen  which made it easy to step up my game during my faster efforts. A few other stars were in the pool - Lucy Charles, Joe Skipper and Sebastian Kienle. I rode my bike to and from the aquatic center (~4 minutes away) instead of driving. By the way, in case you didn't know, the Kona Aquatic Center is free for anyone to use.  Karel's meal Karel and I got home around the same time and we both enjoyed our post workout meal/breakfast on the patio. I ha...

After a surprisingly great night of sleep on Tuesday, we woke up just in time for the sunrise while sitting out on the patio enjoying a pre-workout snack. We wasted no time with our first workout on the island and headed straight to "dig me beach" for a 40-minute open water swim.  Sadly, the water was a bit more cloudy and there weren't a lot of fish. It was also rather warm. However, it still felt amazing to swim in the ocean with the sun shining down on us.  Karel and I swam an easy 40 minutes (~20 minutes out and back). We kept it fairly easy throughout but built the effort on the way back. The focus was just to move blood after travel and to have fun in the ocean.  Even though it's still 10 days out from the 2018 IM World Championship, the swim venue was pretty busy. It was nice to be surrounded with so many triathletes from all different parts of the world. Karel is looking forward to connecting with some of his Czech friends next week.  ...