Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

  On Friday at noon, we welcomed six athletes to Greenwood, SC for a 3-day gravel camp. Our good friend Alvi was also present as he helped us out throughout the weekend. Gravel riding is not like riding on the road. Sure, you are on a bike that feels similar to a road bike but the skills needed for off road are more similar to mountain biking than road riding. Friday was a true skills session. We only covered 13 miles in four hours but the campers learned a lot. Heavy feet/light hands, body bike separation, and body position were repeated and ingrained into our campers with many opportunities to practice. We sectioned specific areas of the Southeast Gravel Greenwood course. Prior to the camp, our campers completed a questionnaire so that we could better understand what our campers wanted to work on. Here were their responses: -Descending -Riding on loose chunky gravel -Riding on single track -Riding in rain and mud -Cornering  -Not crashing/falling  -Riding in a group -Wh...

We enjoyed our experience at  PE Plett . Instead of writing a recap of each stage, I'll provide some thoughts on our overall experience from this 4-stage MTB event.  COST Total cost: $2171 Event: $690 per person (includes 4 days of riding, 3 nights luxury tent accomodations and 10 meals) No hassle package: $134 per person (shuttle pick up/drop off at Port Elizabeth airport, pre-event luxury tent accomodation, dinner and breakfast) Hotel in Port Elizabeth (Courtyard Port Elizabeth): $93 Hotel airport shuttle: $12 each way  Bike transport: $96 one way (bikes and bike case transferred from Cape Town Giant Bike Store so we didn't have to fly with the bikes to the event) Flights (Cape Town to Port Elizabeth): Safair $280 ($140 per person, round trip) Safair Bike fee from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town: $30 ($15 per bike) LOGISTICS As with most stage races, the start and finish are in different locations. I would say that most people who were local had someone drop them off a...