Cozumel Triathlon ITU World Cup

I have just done the race here in Cozumel, México. And have you ever felt happy after having a bad race!? Well, that is what has happened to me! 

My race wasn't so bad, well maybe it was, because I actually not even finished the challenge (750m swim, 20k bike and 5k run). I had to stop due to an  injury in the Achilles tendon.

But I am not only happy to be watching the Caribean Sea! This race was different right from the beggining, I was feeling good and strong! Can't really tell when was the last race I felt that way, like having the guts to bike and run after swimming, instead I used to feel as the whole thing was such a struggle. In the last 2-3 years I was always exhausted, maybe one good training here and there but that was it. Even when not training I would feel miserable. I have no idea how my girl Florencia could stand me! Last year we were here in the Caribean Sea too, and almost the whole time in the Hotel, walking even a block used to be a huge sacrifice.

Mistery solved, and last year I discovered a problem with my thyroid, maybe too much trainning and eating wrong made me to have this hormone imbalance.  

I started to treat it two months ago, and on this race I could see the enourmous difference of coming back to normal. So despite not finishing the race I had a "test-drive" that brought lots of motivation to keep fighting and look forward to the next races!!

til the next one!!

The End of The Oceania Mini-season

DNF at Gold Coast WTS...

It would be a hard one, not only by the high level athletes, but also by leaving two bad results on this mini Oceania season.

When there is no results, there is excuses and I hate giving excuses!!

I am actually pretty glad and happy, and kind of against my will I'm writting down this lines about these excuses. Only because I am really greatful for everyone who is cheering for me, so I wanted you to not worry and let you know that I am very confident for the rest of the season!!

(The exact time I quitted at Gold Coast WTS, live broadcasted by ITU.org)

Back in November 2014, while I was still planning the 2015 season, the Brazilian Federation finally posted the trial rules for the Toronto PanAm Games, and the only chance to run away from the subjective criteria was to be in the top 50 on the Olympic Ranking until May. In a talk to Grant Holicky, my coach, we decided to go for it!

It wouldn't be easy, in the same November, my thyroid problem was in it's summit, my cholesterol levels hit 275, the highest ever, testosterone levels on the floor and in a VO2 máx test I discovered a 30% deficit on what I used to test. Exam repeated by physician suggestion, the doctor thought his equipment needed calibration!

But it was me, the "VANYA" biological machine wasn't efficient as it used to be. I even looked for hormonal replacement, but it would be another novel to have a Federation help on getting the burocratic clearance over the anti-doping agencies. 

(Gold Coast WTS start, the second from front to back)

I have researched more, dug really deep, and also had a help from a friend who studies Epigenetics, and gave me a really good point of view on how our brain is linked to everything, including thyroid function.

It was so much stuff, that I can't really tell what made the difference, maybe a bit of everything! But the great part is that before leaving Brazil I did one more blood test, and TSH (thyroid related) level was back to a normal pattern, and the better, with not taking any medicinal drugs!!

But as everything can't be perfect, I had a strong sinusitis, days before travelling to Australia...

In the first two races, I was still feeling weird, recovering fom antibiotics. But for my surprise I didn't feel so bad while racing, couldn't perform  great, but definitely a different feeling. Three weeks later in Gold Coast, also felt good, but really missed speed, missed VO2!!

I think the machine is now adjusted, metabolism working well, but it's needed to regain lung capacity, lactate tolerance and all this characteristics that need several hundreds of miles to build it up. It should take some time, but with the Rio Olympic Games approaching, no time to waste, and I will be racing at 80, 85, 90% of full potential, until I can get closer, if not better, to what my VO2 used to be!

Right now I am the 4th Brazilian on the Olympic Ranking, to contest one of the 3 national spots, so no time to lower the guard, thanks everyone for the encouragement and see you in the Panamerican Championship on May 2nd, in Mexico!

Mendoza ITU Panamerican Cup 2015 #Vendimia

Mauro Cavanha e Florência took a 18 hours bus crossing Argentina from La Paz to Mendoza.

Once in Mendoza, while Mauro was preparing for the race, Flor wandered around this beautiful town!

The video ends in the race day, which is also the Valentine's Day, when unfortunately they have to say good bye to each other, as at that night Mauro was heading back to Brazil, while Florencia was heading back to her studies in Santa Fé.

Click below and have fun watching it!!

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! ;)

Catching up on the Blogosphere!!

Hello There!
Today I will summarize the last races, training and trips.

The blog ended up with a good delay, as I didn't want to rush any post. Instead I wanted to find the best pictures and describe every detail about my journey. But with so much traveling, pics and stories I was getting overwhelmed and demotivated to write about stuff that happened 3 months ago.
So today I wanna leave my blog up to date!

In the last post, Florencia, the Isuzu and I were arriving in LA, after racing in Las Vegas and in Pacific Grove. 

I ended up getting a cold and had an easy week, trying to recover myself to be racing again, this time was the LA Triathlon, which has actually happen in the city of Torrance. 

For sure one of the most challenging courses ever, and Im pretty sure that if they could, they would have us climbing in the swimming too! Lol

The race was a sprint (750m, 20km, 5km), and not only the ascents and descents on the whole course, but we also had half of the footrace over the soft sand of Redondo Beach, where soft was hard! 

(by Florencia Patat!)

I did a great race, I had no expectations and finished 6th, pretty happy with that, as I made the prize money cut! 

In the sequence I had to do another adjustment in the Isuzu. At this time the driver's window was stucked right open. Im seeing myself becoming a good mechanic pretty soon!! haha

We had a few more days enjoying LA, and it was really nice seeing friends, doing some workouts and showing this city I love to Florencia.  

In the last week we went to Hollywood, I drove also a Colombian friend who was visiting U.S. for the first time. Florencia was very excited about Hollywood and when we were just getting there the Isuzu couldn't keep up! Damn, it was smoking pretty hard, and I remember Florencia's scared face saying "OMG! FIRE! We should run, this thing is about to explode." haha Now its funny but I confess I was pretty concern too, I thought she had actually seen the fire!

Well, I parked the car and we all cooled down, the Isuzu was overheated. I decided to leave it there, so it could get cool while we could still visiting Hollywood. I was kinda glad the Isuzu had endured until then, we drove about 3.000 miles and this could have happened in so many worse situations. 

On the way back the car was cooled and the plan was to drive back stopping as many times we needed to avoid overheating again. I did it and we could drive back to my friend Bobby. And like that, I left the Isuzu in Los Angeles... That means more mechanic service awaiting for me in LA, I think this time I have to replace the thermostat. 

From LAX we flew to Cozumel, Mexico, where I raced a World Cup placing 62nd. And in the following week I placed 47th in another WC, this time in Catagena, Colombia. Both weren't the results I was aiming for, I didn't race well, didn't get any points in the World Ranking, didn't win any prize, and didn't had the media return I wanted. The only thing I didn't waste was the trip! :) We had been in such amazing places like the chichen-itza pyramid, a cool sinkhole, and got stuck on the mud only while visiting the Totumo volcano!!

Extending the Weekend!! #PacificGroveTri

A day after racing twice (qualifiers and finals) in Vegas, we hit the road again, driving practically the whole day to get to Monterey, central California. With a couple stops, it took us about 11 hours on the road.

The trip wasn't as beautiful as driving through Utah and Colorado like we did two weeks before, but it was really interesting seeing that number of different machines along the way, to explore nature's energy.

Arriving in the hotel, I first did some core workouts, trying to loose the muscles. Specially the core, that can get pretty stiff after long time sitting. After that, we could get some food and tried to relax, as I would be lining up again to race on the next day, Saturday.

This time it was an olympic distance race. The ocean was really cold, so most of us used a wetsuit. The race venue was really beautiful. I was sore but ended up in a good race, finishing the 51.5k in 2:01:41 and placing 7th.

Afterwards we explored a bit of Monterey Bay, we both really wished we had more time to spend in such a beautiful place. But I was really tired from so many races and we had a long drive ahead. In time though, we made some native cute friends before heading back to LA...

That was a long and delightful weekend. There was yet another triathlon happening at Malibu on that Sunday, and we almost did it! Nah, I wouldn't be racing, but I was planning to be by Florencia's side cheering friends on! Unfortunately, we both were so smashed from traveling, that we both got a flu and now I was running against the clock trying to heal before the LA Triathlon, to happen one week from that Sunday. (to come in the next post!)

LA, Las Vegas and the Super Spring Triathlon!

On the next days we hung out in Los Angeles, met dear friends and I could show a little bit of the city to Florencia. We also headed to Malibu Beach and The Getty Museum. (pics below). 

Los Angeles is one of my favorites cities to be, visit, workout, see friends and get a nice tan, as rain is something very unusual there! So we really had a blast, while I kept my workouts up to date and had run most of my favorite courses, getting ready for the next challenges. 10 days later, we were on the road again for another 290 miles in the Isuzu . . . 

Viva Las Vegas!!

Thursday, September 11th, the race was the Super Sprint Triathlon Grand Prix!

In a giant parking lot it was built a huge triathlon arena, with a 10 lanes, 25m swimming pool, and a 1k track circuit for bike and run.  

The qualifiers happened in the morning. It was 3 heats of 10 athletes, selected and divided by the World Triathlon ITU Ranking. My start was in the 3rd one, close to 11am, Vegas was almost 100°F baby!! Lol

The race had the distances of: 200m swim, 3k bike, 1k run, 200m swim, 3k bike and 1k run. Yep! The race had 5 transitions and it was praticaly two triathlons at once!! 

I had a bad first swim, and pushing all out for 23 minutes, my race was all about catching up. Placed 5th and qualified to the finals. So since them I was doing everything I could to recover as fast as possible. I would be lining up for another race at 7pm on that day!!

("final b" pics and with my coach Grant Holicky)

Still very sore, but it was time to warm up for another race! This time with a little extra distance, we did twice 300m swim, 5k bike and 2k run. I did a much better swim and the race was well fought with a big pack of contestants together. I finished 5th place again, feeling like I had raced for four times on that day!!

Entire results link

Link to the video of my race, filmed by Florencia . . . (Gracia amor!!)

Afterwards I was really done, and our night ended up just spending a couple hours in the casino of our hotel. A shame not taking more advantage of being in Las Vegas with Florencia, but on the next day morning we were on the road again heading Pacific Grove, to be told on the next post!!

Huatulco World Cup

One of the hardest races of my life!
On my fourth attempt, for the first time I couldn't finish the Huatulco World Cup.

I had a good swim on the first lap, but then I started to fatigue.
I didn't had enough strength to ride with the second group and endend up by myself, passing and being passed by a few other athletes.
The heat and humidity was really intense and on every climb from eight, someone would get dropped from the big pack.

I pushed really hard, as I knew that the big pack would be slowly falling apart, as it happened. But I couldn't gain any positions.

On the last two laps I felt like riding with compatriots, an American (where I live) and an Argentinian (where my girl lives!). We were pushing as fast as we could and when completing the last bike lap, we were "invited" to pull over, as the first runner had reached the point where no more cyclists could be on the course. (26 of 56 competitors dnf)

I was feeling weak and missed training performance, the only good thing about a bad race is that it motivates me to train more and more to get better for the next one!

Now on I will take a few days off, to start a neat training block in the altitude of Boulder, CO!

Arriba muchachos!!

22nd at the Panamerican Championship

The race was hosted at Las Colinas, in Dallas. But besides the name it was in a totally flat course. (merely illustrative image!)
It would not be necessary other obstacles as it was already tough with the other 75 opponents plus the combination: humidity X temperature...

The swim was in this lake, which is a lot more like a huge swimming pool! I left the water on the second pack, not as I wanted, but pretty good if compared with my past races.

 

The rhythm on the bike portion was really intense and it was also very windy. Just starting to feel the heat, we averaged 41kph.

 

Running, basically I did a fartlek, not that I planned to, but I was varying the speed a lot between ups and downs, like it would be a race in "Las Colinas"! Lol

Eduardo Lass and I right after the finish line!!

 

Happy with the result and points gained on the Olympic Trials #Rio2016!!

I am now at LA again, getting ready for the next one in less than two weeks, when heading to the Huatulco World Cup, Mexico!

Ending the Brazilian Season...

6th in the Brasilia Sesc Triathlon...

(Pic: MundoTri)

 

Since the very beginning I was feeling exhausted, Im not sure if this was due to the over-training of past weeks, or if it could also be an imbalance of my thyroid hormone production, diagnosed a few days ago on a routine blood exam.

I raced well, besides feeling very tired specially on the swim and bike portion.

I missed the podium when running for the last lap, when I had a strong belly cramp.
 

My parents saved the "Cavanhas" name!!
Bringing two trophies of their age groups!!

It was great to have my parents here in Brasilia, It has been more than 10 years since our last trip all together in the same airplane. (We missed my young brother!)

Model of family, I mean, a model for any comic family movie, with our mess and laughts!! Lol

Well, as family is suppose to be! The truth is that the sport brought us closer. I am almost 30 yo and this was the first time I had a chat with my father about sexuality! He is very quiet when it is not about politics! He is also synonym of patience and he is the strongest base point in our family.

(Pic: Alexandre Carnieri)

 

If characters I would be that boring one, with no patience and always complaining at my moms individuality and materiality. The bike is her precious and nobody can touch it, the bike goes super packed. Just illustrating the exaggeration part, you can find in the same closure: a locker, a zip tie and a plastic seals, to make sure nobody will try to get into it! haha

 

Well, I will miss them! This race was the last one in the South America, and tomorrow I am heading to US, where I will be racing some more in the North hemisphere Summer!

 

The first one is the Panamerican Championship in Dallas, May 31st, and two weeks later, the next one is a World Cup on June 15th in Mexico.

Both will be summing points to 2016 Rio Olympic Games! #herewego!!
 

Other focus is to treat my thyroid and to discover how the Brazilian Federation will organize the trials to the 2015 Toronto Pan-american Games!!

2x Brazilian National Champion 2010 & 2014!!

It has been four years since my last race and win at the Brazilian Championship.

 

With the JK Bridge on the background and a really hilly course, plus the hot and dry weather was a perfect combination for a tough and beautiful venue in Brasília, DF, the Brazilian Capital!

The Champions! Pic: MundoTRI

 

I was not in my best day, I've been training a lot, specially swimming, so I was not at the ideal tapering. But Coach Siri has taught me the fastest races can be the most painful ones!

 

Passing the first buoy (600y) I started feeling better and came out of the water with the second pack. On the bike, we quickly reached the first guys to become the leading pack with about 15 athletes. I tried a few breakaways but the SESI team has shown no one would escape easily and more, no one would finish the bike leg easily, as they were pushing some considerable hundred watts on those climbs!!  

The consequences of climbing are the decends and my on my computer was registered a speed of 84,5 km/h (53mph)!

 

Due to the heat, I started to run conservatively and got close to the leaders only by the mark of 3 kilometers, when I attacked ensuring the victory!

Having no support from my federation, it was really good to win a Championship here!! :)

On this post I want to register my grateful feeling from everyone who has motivated me to workout hard and race harder!! Im even grateful to my federation, with the reverse psychology! Lol

 

I have so many friends that support me that I will not even try to write names down, I am pretty sure I would forget someone on these minutes today, but certainly tomorrow I will bring the good energy and best regards into all those long hours of workouts! 

18th at Salinas ITU Panamerican Cup

It seemed that I was not suppose to race!

A day before my flight, I was checking the start-list and I wasn't there. I couldn't figure why not, as a week ago my name was right there, on the race website... Email sent to the Brazilian National Federation.

Follow the trip to Miami, and once I got there the airline told me one of my bags was still in LA, but not to worry as they have it already on the next flight and they would send it straight to my final destination, Guayaquil.

Stop over a few hours in Quito, and I rushed to open my email with no news from my National Federation.

In Guayaquil, I went directly to look for my missed bag, and I got the news that now both of my bags were missing. One was in Miami, and my bike was in Quito. #Grrrr!!

(Salinas Beach)

 

Another 2 hours in the bus until get to Salinas, and this was the only time I had a good laugh... I asked the guy picking me up, how big was the car of the shuttle service, I was tired and was wondering if there would be enough space to lay down... He was affirmative: "Si, bastante grande, vamos en una buseta!!" Hahaha What in Portuguese with exactly the same words would mean: "Yes, big enough, we are going in a pussy." Lol

He was right, and I had a good nap on the buseta!

We got to Salinas at 5am, and I slept like a stone. On the next day the first thing was to look at my email and finally I have my registration done (again).

Nice! Just needed to get my lost stuff: bike, bike shoes, running shoes, helmet, race suit...

Meanwhile I was riding the stationary bike from the hotel's gym (pic above).

I wasn`t too scared, because I had a plan "b". I was lucky to find many friends willing to loan me their material, the junior race was happening on the day before.

Saturday, 5pm I finally got my bags! Rushing, but in time to build the bike up and go for a test ride.

 

Sunday, I was ready!! Due to a penalty for my "late" registration I couldn't choose where to start, so I got the only place left over.

I was in a good day, had a strong start, and was always swimming with that big block, that ended up being the first group on the bike. 

During the bike I was feeling bad, but feeling bad due to the restful rhythm, the group was averaging only 22 mph! I tried many breakaways, just pushing a bit harder and I had a 10, 20secs gap. But then someone would catch me bringing the entire group! I was fine with that, I was having fun more than taking the chance of a sucessful breakaway, plus everytime someone would need to burn legs to catch me!

The run was the end of my playful time! 

Besides I felt good, my legs were heavy, I was missing agility on my strides...

Specially the first loop, it was really hard, and even thought about quitting, although quitting would not happening today!

It was bad, but also good!! This was what I could do today, more to come on the next week at the Brazilian National Championship!!

5th place at Hollywood Half Marathon

1:13:09 was showing the clock when I crossed the finish line on the world most famous red carpet!

We were more than 7,500 athletes to run 13.1 miles through Hollywood!

I wasn't expecting much from this marathon, as on the last weeks my focus has been really in the swimming pool, and its not rare the days where my longest mileage comes from the water. An evidence of that is my white forehead, covered by the swimming cap on most of my workouts! Lol

(I am the second by the left side, or easier, the white forehead!) Lol

 

I had the goal to motivate my friends (from the picture above). But I ended up putting a lot more effort when I saw that I had a great chance to podium!

I run as fast as I could through the finish line as the 6th place was only 20 secs behind myself.

We all had a great time, a bit sore, but still happy!!

Specially after a great recovery BBQ celebration!!

I like the idea of active recovery, but I am not anti-social, so by the end of the day the trainer was right there, in front of the fireplace where we chatted for a long and great time!! ;)

Recovery was also one of the topics on the elite panel hosted for all runners at the Hollywood Palladium on the day before the race. I will be soon posting a video from it at my YouTube channel!

I am not sure if I spoke well, but I know I was looking good!! Lol
Thanks to Mr. Turk's jacket!!

 

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60th place at New Plymouth Triathlon ITU World Cup

My race was poor...
But the result was good, as it brings change, building new paths and new goals!

I felt a lot better than the Australian race, but my swim was just not "competible", and from now on this is the main focus... Swim, swim and swim!

The goal is 1500m under 17'30".

Here is a quicky race report from New Plymouth!

60th place at Mooloolaba World Cup Triathlon

I was feeling good, ready for it, but on the details to excel I missed nutrition...

Bad races are always something to expect on a big season and I hope the next one will not come soon! haha

The race happened at 3pm and I thought having lunch three hours before, would be enough time to digest. Basic spaghetti in pesto tomato sauce, that I could still taste minutes before the race... :-S

I swam reasonably, sufficient to be in the huge first pack out of the water, but on the bike I felt really bad and at one of the course climbs I got dropped off.

I knew it would not be my best race, but finishing strong was also one of the goals, so I kept going as hard as I could and started running with determintion to do a great split. My stamina didn`t last as well as I'd hoped, because by the half way point my stomach got really tight and cramped really bad, so I had to slow down and be content on just finishing another tri...

The race itself was fantastic! What a great job from USM Events and all sponsors involved, including Asics who offered a nice visor that I am giving away for the first comment on this post here or in the blog`s Brazilian version!

Now its time to enjoy the amazing scenes of Australia with new friends William and James, who gave me great support for the race, including the picture here posted!

And also a cool video with my thoughts after race:



More to come on next weekend!
Now the focus is at New Plymouth, NZ, where the next ITU World Cup is going to be placed!

2nd place at La Paz Panamerican Cup!

January 19th, time to celebrate 30 years of the La Paz Triathlon!!

The La Paz Cup, one of the most traditional races, which I had participating in since 2005. This a triathlons dream, where the city closes all the streets and towns people are out cheering all the athletes on!

I had goosepumps just walking to the transition area, people would stop me for pictures and greetings. On the cheering side it was also my girlfriend and her amazing family! I have to confess that there were butterflies on my stomach very early before the race!

Meanwhile I was heading to transition area, it was going on the women race, and surprised, I saw an athlete running on the opposit direction of the course... Oops!!
Afterwards I heard that a bunch of other women did the same and started an extra loop, just to pay the penalty at penalty box, than run back on the course to the finish line...

Very weird! Specially because they were paying a penalty for cutting the swim course, which would be, with no penalty, undoubtedly a reason for disqualify. But of course, I totaly agree that its needed to use common sense, as sometimes the athlete does not do it intentionaly to take advantage. Specially on that course, where the river current is so strong.

Well, I left my bike ready at transition, and we went for the traditional presentation of the athletes, followed by the start.

It was one of the hardest race I ever did, I was in pain for the whole course, with a temperature of 100ºF I was sweating already on the swim, as at some points the water was around 86ºF.

Begining the bike ride, was where I most suffered, I almost got dropped and couldn`t help to chase the first group, the heat made breathing even harder at that portion.

I think it is valid to observe that one of the elite athletes dismounted his bike way after the dismount line, (getting advantage) but as I already said, I believe in the common sense of the judges and maybe the athlete had no intention of getting that advantage. No penalties for were given on this case...

I was really tired on the begining of the run, at the 1st km I was the 9th athlete, slowly I started to progress. On the 2nd loop I was the 5th and the podium goal was about to be accomplished! The people was cheering at full! And at the 3rd loop I was the 2nd, running as much as I could to hold that position.

On the last loop, I had no more legs or mind, and the only way I could keep pushing hard was really using my heart!! This was such a great point at the race, Siri Lindley would always ask me what were my thoughts while racing, and I could never answer "nothing", like this time, like she always wanted to hear!

Very happy with the result, I was giving different interviews, when some one of the organization told me I was disqualified, because I never stopped to pay my penalty...

I don`t even know what came to my mind, it seemed like a joke. He told me I was penalized for leaving the bike on a bad way in the rack.

While running I never saw my number at the white board, which was not very easy and clear to see, plus I was nothing worried as I knew there could not be any reasons for a penalty. I was not as "lucky" as the women, to be adviced about a penalty and to open an extra loop to pay it.

I tried to clarify that with the judge, but soon I saw he had visors and probably bridles tacked up, which would avoid any attitudes.

Afterwards, reading the rules, I saw that its true you should not put your bike with just one side of the handle bars. (You should rack with both, or by the seat), but also it is writing that the ITU Technical Committee is by the side of using common sense, and they highly encourage on the part of officials to promote a "proactive" attitude. And the athlete should receive a verbal warning when the rule is violated unintentionally, or also when no advantage has been gained.

Summing up, I didn`t have the same luck as the other athletes... bad luck or double standards!?


Telling the truth nothing would make me sad about this race, I was elated with my result! Afterwards I called my friends for a picture on the podium! And there was no better way to celebrate a great race!! 
Cannot say the same about the professional side of my race, as I left with no awards and no points on the international ranking. But who said you have to race for money and not for passion!?!

Gracias La Paz for another great spectacle!

I was never so sure about why I still racing "professionally". 

:)

New Season at Full Speed!!

At 15 days of 2014 and I am already getting ready for my 3rd race of the year!!

It was an early start, and the first one was at Viña del Mar, Chile.

Running to the Pacific cold water, on January 5th it was the start of the Panamerican Cup of the year.

I placed 4th and did well in all three disciplines, so I am very excited to run this new season. In 2014 the idea is to get some speed up, as my goal is to be back to the ITU races, and start making points towards the Olympic Games 2016. 

Talking about speed...

January 11th I did a Fast Triathlon race here in La Paz!

250m swimming, 3km on the bike and 1km running, with 15 minutes to recover, times 3!

Very tough race, pure explosions and feeling like throwing up your lungs, I did another 4th place!

Enjoying La Paz right now, with Florencia, who used to live here, waiting for the next Continental Cup, which will happen on this next Sunday, right here at the¨Triathlon Land¨!

4th at the Summer Olympic Triathlon!

How nice is to see a great race at home!

After a couple year with our state fedaration having politic and economic troubles, on this week was really nice to be in a great race and good field, among many friends and family.
 

Congrats to the organizes who were working hard to make a race like this happen! Nice things to come on next seasons! 

Also this race was my first one racing with ATC, a trithletes association, which have many projects to motivate the triathlon in our state!!

Now, about my race, I was stubborn!! As I had no performance, after pulling all my wisdom teeth out on Monday, and silly me thinking I could race well on Sunday!!

But I really didn`t want to miss it!! As I could I pushed hard, suffered, and had fun!! The race was really well organized, and was cool to be racing at home again!

I ended up in 4th place, very happy that the level of competitors here are very good!! Congrats to everyone!!

Pictures: Ronald Peixoto