A picture is worth more than a 1000 words!!
I have to confess that I was getting used to posts filled by reflections trying to explain to myself why the race did not go as expected...
Life is made of ups and downs, so I knew that eventually everything would come together and the result would be great!!
The race happened at San Cristóbal - Venezuela, Saturday at 3:00 pm.
I started with a good mile swim, but left the water with a 30 sec gap behind the leaders. On the 24 mile bike ride, I overtook the leaders and it was my turn to open a 30 sec gap on them!!
During the 6 mile run, I pushed as hard as I could, without looking back!! It felt amazing!!
I set a new course record of 1:54:20!
With 5kg lost weight and an improvement of 6% on my VO2 capacity, I have come to understand that the Brazilian National Federation made the right decision for themselves by taking me out from the Olympic trials! It would not look good for them if someone who do not receive any support (out of the 1.4 million dollars which the Olympic Committee gives to the Triathlon Federation), should win a Olympic spot...
Afterwards I was invited to a very cool interview at TRT channel!!
The organizer, Mario, also scheduled me with a bunch of radio stations. Suddenly I was listening live on the radio to my Spanish accent!! Doing an interview is not an easy thing! Can you imagine how much more difficult it is when it isn't your first language!! lol
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