Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Do you have questions about sport nutrition or eating for fuel or for health? Join me and Oakley Women on Friday March 7th, 2014 on Facebook and I'll answer all your questions throughout the day.  Throughout the  Trimarni triathlon endurance camp  this past Thurs - Sun, I was rather strict on my campers to make sure that everyone fueled properly throughout the camp. Sport nutrition includes everything you are eating/drink around and during workouts. Although I was not in control of what they ate for meals or what they put into their bottles (if choosing not to use INFINIT which was the sponsor for the event for sport nutrition), I gave very specific suggestions as to what foods to consume before/after workouts as well as as much to consume during workouts and when. Thankfully, every athlete was open to my suggestions and we had no bonking, no injuries and minimal GI issues. There were two GI issues (one stomach cramp on a long bike and one tummy feeling a little ...

Day 3 of the Trimarni camp was designed to be our key workout because of the specificity of the workout as well as how it feel in the training camp training plan. According to the Trimarni philosophy of getting faster before you go longer and training smarter to train harder, we termed Saturday as our "long" workout of camp. 3 hour bike + 60-80 min run.  Rather than having our endurance athletes bike 5+ hours or  run 2+ hours (no matter the fitness level), we utilize the beginning phase of our training plans to get our athletes stronger through strength training. The main goal of any training plan is consistency and many times, the idea of "base" building includes lots of long steady (or slow) miles and much time is wasted when the body can be getting stronger. We find many athletes are 14,16 or 20 weeks out from race day and spend their weekends riding 5+ hours or running 2+ hours as "base" prep. Sure, we understand that you must have good e...