Day #1:
Thursday kicked off with introductions, The Mental Game, nutrition info, lots of laughs, and even more chocolate!! We had 4 coaches and 12 campers, most of which hadn't ever met and everyone seemed to click from the beginning. There was no sizing each other up or 'what's your age group and key races for the year' type questions. Just a bunch of tri-chicas ready to have a good time in the sun.
Day #2:
Friday started early with breakfast and a short run at Fit 2 Run. After we went in the shop for run analysis, drills, shopping, and smoothies. A few hours later we were back at the bike shop and ready to ride! The group rode 60ish miles and had some great pace lines going. After a quick change we headed to the pool for a swim and underwater taping. Post-swim we had yet another quick change and headed to dinner. It was a jammed packed day but full of quality workouts with some great and talented women!
Day #3:
Saturday I picked up Heather and the two of us headed to Oscar Scherer for a trail 5K (the other campers wanted to sleep in a bit so they met us there!). After the 5K, which by the way was SO much fun, we met up with the group for about an hour or so of trail running. The weather was sooo nice and the company was even better! After the run, we fueled at the aid station (AKA Todd's car) and split. Half the campers came with me and Jenn to Siesta Key for an ocean swim. The other half went with Heather and Liz for open water techniques at the Y (the ocean was 55 degrees!). After a short, frigid dip in the ocean we headed back to Village. First Watch provided a great lunch that gave everyone enough energy for a long ride. 60-75mile later (depending on the group) we were done for the day and totally trashed!!! We rewarded ourselves with pancakes topped with chocolate chips, a PJ party, and a trike race!
Day #4:
We did a long run on own own (or rode) and met at 10 for a strength training session. We finished wrapping up with a few closing comments and everyone went on their way.
This camp was such an amazing experience made up of some truly great triathletes. These women are fierce, competitive, encouraging, and team players... all people I'm so thankful to have met. Technically I was a coach at this camp, but I learned a lot from these women.
I hope to stay in touch with each of you and can't wait to meet again!
3 comments:
I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to meet you at tri camp and I can't wait to browse through your entire blog. Thank you for all of your help over the past few days. Looking forward to seeing you again at the Sarasota Grouper run this weekend! :o)
Now I will follow you on your blog! Great meeting you Monica and I love to see younger triathletes getting so excited to coach/race/train! GOOD luck to you and keep updating your blog! :)
It was great fun meeting up with you at camp! Thanks for all of your help and coaching. Let me know your plans for New Orleans and where you are staying. We will need to get the whole gang together after the race. Keep up the tough training schedule you are doing!
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