Vacation, wkouts and tours in Rio de Janeiro!

Right after my last race in Rio, the idea was to have an easy vacation week at Rio de Janeiro!
The mistake was to chose the wrong people to have vacation with!! lol
With no rest, when I was not working out with Alexandre Moura, I was touristing with Florencia!

The result was many cool tours around the city and some nice workouts!

It was a great time, where I loved every second. Hereafter I am posting some videos and pics narrating those different days...

First day, still recovering from the race, so we did an easy tour around the central area, where Alexandre lives...

 Mahatma Gandhi Park
 

 The owner of the Park... lol
 

Municipal Theather

Second day we went to the Sugar Loaf (wrong day!)... lol
It was the hottest day in the year so far, 41°C (105°F)!! When the cable-car doors closed it was like a little oven, and we fried until we get to the next station!! It was said on the news, that the thermal sensation was like 50°C (122°F), but I believed that we experienced a lot more on those trolleys! lol

 "Bondinho" The older version in yellow seems cooler! :)
 

 The view to Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon...
 

 The view to Flamento, Botafogo, Laranjeiras and the Corcovado!

Third day, we started hard, waking up at 5am for a running session with the fun crew of team Start, at Barra da Tijuca. To complete the day a great Samba session with San Clemente, they were already training for the Carnaval of 2014.

 While I was running, Flor got some cool shoots of the sun rise!!
 

 On the way back, while Moura was driving in the traffic jam, we got some pics of the San Conrrado beach!!
 

Samba!!

My camera went off, so I could only register something with my phone...

Below a video to feel this very Brazilian rhythm!

 

Fourth day was the compensation day... :) Coaches use this term for those recovery days where the body needs to assimilate all the hard work! We only went for an easy swim at a Navy Academy...

Navy Academy, Villegagnon Island.

 

No way I could make her swim!!! haha

Fifth day, finally with some vacation touch, I slept until midday!! Then we ran all the way to Ipanema Beach...

She with the bike
 

We with the sneakers!

 

Sixth day was bolded by a great bike ride with some bad boys!! They call themselves the psychopaths and they are brutal while riding!! haha I survived... It was 100km at a 44kph pace, in the route of Rio-Terezopolis! Followed by an easy swim at the Flamengo beach with an old and psychopath friend, Gerardo!!

The Psychopaths!

 

Flamengo Beach: dark water, but by one side you see the Sugar Loaf, to the other there is the huge Christ statue, and over you there are some airplanes taking off from Santos Dummont Airport!

Seventh day and the most intense one deserves an individual post. Its already under construction and will be soon posted.

Até mais!!