Winner of the Sesc Triathlon Tramandai!

Victory x3, as mom and dad were also racing, and they won their respective age-groups!! This was the first time we were all at the top of the podium! Mom, who only started to train 4 years ago, and recently had a shoulder surgery due to an injury, is showing a great overcome!
We all received prize money, so we can celebrate it with a great champagne!! :)

(mom and dad with their 1st place trophies!)

On the past editions where we were all racing, always one of us would save the family bringing home a trophy, and on the most times this was not me!
On this time there was no teasing, as we all won the same 1st place trophy!!

(leading against the wind, on the bike course)

 

The strong winds defined this race at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

I had a big opponent, Lucas Pretto and I left the water almost together and did almost the whole bike course in a constant pace, I did open a gap in the last laps, and started to run in the lead. I was feeling great, and pushed it hard to increase the gap and assecure the victory! 

 

My next race is already on next week, the Dash Triathlon in Florianopolis/SC!
Pictures by Mundo Tri.

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!!

3rd at Rio Triathlon!

Getting back to action, plenty of will, the Rio Triathlon was another great returning to the old times!

I left the water in a good position and I even escaped by myself on the bike course (my last breakaway was on 2010 at the Nationals).  I was feeling relatively well, and gave all I had on the 3rd loop, so I started leading the run, but with legs burning I couldn't hold the same pace as Diogo Sclebin and Matheus Diniz. 

All right! I was there to play, take risks and race!

After all racing in Rio is always a great deal, with a good job from the race organization, not to talk about Rio by itself, which now I am taking advantage to explore tourism with Florencia and explore the roads, tracks and swimming pools with my friend Alexandre Moura.

Therefore a great race! Congrats for the participants and for the race crew, what a nice event!
In case you are planning to visit Rio, be aware of next races at the FTERJ website...
http://www.triathlon.org.br/

Already entering in good race rhythm I am adding a few more races before closing my season!
Next is a Olympic Distance at Rio Grande do Sul and a 70.3 in Santa Catarina, all in the south of Brazil!

(pics by Tririo and Mundotri)