7th at LA Tri, Free of Expectations!!!

Racing in the Los Angeles Triathlon was like discovering something new!!
I had fun like I haven't had a long time ago, and with my coach Siri Lindley we confirmed I was having some psychological weakness on facing the races...

(30secs to go!!)

Coming from awesome trains but any good races I started to think that I could be having some psychological deficiencies...
With the thought that would be perfect to have a mind of a soldier, who gives even his life for the nation, I thought that would be interesting to read a military psychologic book, so I did, and the reading was fine, but couldn't find any answer for my poor performance, is not courage that was missing on my mind...

(Having 40km of pure fun!!)

Since Edmonton WC, on july, my amazing coach Siri, opened my eyes for the problem called:

EXPECTATION!!
Gosh, waiting for a supposed future is something that really agonizes everybody...
We work hard the whole year, we sacrifice parties and weekends, investing time and money on a big target, and how can we do not expect reap the rewards!??

Looking back on this race, perhaps a tip is to not put so much focus on just one goal.
Always point on different targets and know that not all of them will succeed as wished... So we can avoid jitters of having all your chips on just one bet...

Expectation makes anxiousness, and I believe that this was consuming me on the World Cup races.
2011 is an important year for the Olympic trials, without a good sponsor, plus the Brazilian Confederation avoiding my participation, I could not imagine having bad results, an that unconscious pressure I think justifies my physical and mental exhaustion on the WC races...

Thanks to Siri, I realized how different is to be on a race without expetations. A non drafting race, where I bought a TT bike the day before the race, and without any specific training for it, I could just expect to have fun doing my best possible on that day.

(mens podium)

I arrived at the start line filled of energy, knowing that would be a great day! Pretty different on the feelings of the last races...

Just loving it!! (like Siri always say!)
I swam, rode and ran really good, exception for my second transition which was the worse one, because I had really bad cramps on my quads at the time to put the shoes on!! Luckily these cramps were getting better as I was running!
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon - Olympic results

I am still learning how to race without expectations, its not easy when the funnel for the Olympics is getting tight, and without a good sponsor I cannot travel without worries on if it wil be worth to race so far...

But following the mantra "just do it, just love it!"
Here we gooooo!!!
For the next World Cups:
Mexico - at 9th and Korea october 15th!!