Athlete Comments
5/3/09
I haven’t raced since the clinic, so am curious to see how I do this summer. The swim definitely helped, but I need more specific open water swim technique. Swim w/a bunch of people in my lane, sighting, and feeling comfortable swimming with a mass. I loved the bike portion, loved learning right cadence for climbing, how to move your bike when climbing, how to ride with a group. Wish the weather had permitted a lil’ more time with the run. I feel like I could benefit from more instruction. Transition practice was awesome. How to take off the wet suit, how/when to put on what, etc. great. Post race analysis and debriefing with vino was awesome. Will definitely recommend this to athletes. thanks!
5/3/09
I enjoyed the TriCarneros clinic, and always feel that I can learn from and implement the techinques/advice from Luc into my triathlon racing. I would have to say, having Luc giving me tips during the race was the highlight of camp for me. I think the website expressed well what to expect and not expect from the clinic. The objectives were clearly layed out. I really love “kick you in the pants” approach in camps, where you barely can muster up enough energy for the next workout. Since the website was so clear, I knew that this camp was going to be more focused on technique than exhaustion which helped me prepare for what to expect when I got to the clinic.
The weather was not the best, and so running training was cut to a minimum. Not the fault of Tricarneros, but of mother nature. If the end of camp is going to culminate in a race, it would be nice to add another day or 1/2 day of training to the beginning of camp. I also really liked when we did time tests a few years back. I was new to the sport and it helped with future training that I did. We also did some video analysis that year, and reviewed our swim/ run that evening. It is very helpful when you can see your deficiencies. Overall, I enjoyed Tricarneros this year. Having a race at the end, and Luc at the race for help and pointers was fabulous.
