TNC Training Camp

This was such a memorable weekend. I can’t even begin to recap it 🙂

We had individuals from age 19-49 at the camp, at varying speeds and goals. Some are hoping for a 2:40 full marathon, some hoping for sub-4, and some hoping to jump-start their summer running and fitness journey.

The view – who couldn’t love a weekend up at the lake?

The cabin = girls’ retreat

The “garbin” = garage/cabin = the men’s retreat

As I preach as a coach, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. It just matters that you believe in yourself and are willing to work from there. Every individual embodied that belief this weekend, which truly makes me smile from the inside out.

Friday:
The weekend started out with a Friday group run. For some, it was their second workout of the day. We ran some beautiful gravel roads in WI and got to know each other in the evening.

How? *The Hat Game*

Those that attended will know what that means… and how to prepare for next year 🙂

Food was SUCH a highlight of the weekend. Rael of The Planted Plate provided recipes for all meals. Rael was also the “Kitchen Master” of the weekend. We ran well, we ate well. What more can you ask?

Saturday:

Saturday morning everyone had different schedules and different paces, but we were able to find routes to accommodate and have people working off of one another. Some did 20 miles w/ 50 minutes of tempo work interspersed, some had 17 with 30 minutes of T, some had 20 miles+ easy, some did a HR test, and others had 5-6 miles easy.

That’s a lot to coordinate! It was fun to see everyone work together.

Mary Margaret and Jimmy, you know that means KUDOS for the effort to get a bike ready to pace the long marathon crew, even biking through the mud :). No one else will ever know the effort involved…

Matt and Jimmy’s smoothie bar post hard workout = AMAZING.

Especially the smile with which it was served 🙂

Mid-afternoon we had a strength competition: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, 50m sprint, and a WALL SIT.

Strength competition. Slaine vs. Craig. They lasted 15 minutes, after which I called it a tie since they were both too proud to give in :). Rematch next year!!!! They were both just SO excited to win NUTRILITE VITAMINS that they wouldn’t give up!!! 🙂

Then some of us went out for a 2nd workout or bike. We saw a couple of BEARS from afar, which made Sharon’s trip to Wisconsin complete!! Although, some argued she also needed to drink a lot of bad beer, eat cheese curds, and either fire a gun or operate a chain saw. Ha.