La Paz Triathlon Races

Hola Muchachos y Muchachas!!

More than a month here at the Triathlon Land (La Paz), Im feeling practically an Argentinian citizen, so this time I shot this video speaking Argentinian!!

I said Argentinian and not Spanish, because their accent is so different that it took me a while to get used to their particular pronunciation way.

The video camera was not the best one, so only later I realized I cut Florencia at almost all the footage (sorry!), where we talk about the time here and it has some images of the races I did, both here in La Paz, as they call, The Triathlon Land!! 

The first one was a super sprint, or a fast, where I got first place!!
The second one, was an ITU Panamerican Cup, and I placed 6th. 

I still in the Tango Land until my next race, which is going to be in Mendoza, on February 14th!

Hasta pronto!!

(Down on the right, on video options, you can select English subtitles! ;)

Amateur, Elite or Professional!?

On my last post, Rogério and Fabio's comments, motivated me to shoot this vlog to chat a little more about the idea of doing a last season as an amateur athlete, who chases to be an Olympian. 

That's right, I consider myself an amateur athlete, besides having many accomplishments on professional races, I have never had sponsors that generated employment obligations such as a contract, warranties and the most important thing, a salary. And thats why I think I could be described as an Elite, but not as a Professional. 

Anyway this video is not to show the negative aspects of being an amateur, but also to show that the sport has a lot to offer, as much as physical, psychological maturation and discoveries you find out only when compromising yourself 100% to be the best you can, and sometimes winning is not the most important thing...

The video is a humurous chat with my friend Giovani Sturion. Driving on the way to a bike workout we debated ideas, similarities and differences of being an amateur and a professional athlete.

You can start watching from the bike workout, clicking here, or you can train your Portuguese and watch the full version bellow!