testing weekend

this weekend was refreshing... I did a 24h moutain bike race in monsanto, that for who doesnt know is a really nice and big park just around the corner in the middle of lisbon.

No, i didnt actually ride for 24h, but i did ride for as long as there was natural light, in the end it was arond 15:30-16h, 9:30 on saturday and 5:30 on sunday. Given that on top of that i still had a non bike workout to do before starting the "race" on saturday. it was a busy weeked...

On saturday i had the goal of trying some things nutrition wise and it was very good indeed, i ended up at 9:30 PM with almost a lap on the second place rider and feeling very very well and with an happy face, 5:30 of sleeping and and at 6:30 am i was back to finish the job. I didnt ride at night for the obvious reasons...it was dangerous. but i still finished 9th overall!!

The course was fun, it had techical downhills, single tracks hard climbs, open dirt roads, it was fun and its always fun to do something fun :P

I suffered a bit of my wrists, back and arms, but today i was really feeling good phisically while swimming and running....considering that i rode a mountain bike for 16h out of nothing... fun

A special thanks to the portuguese Trek distributor, BICIMAX, for having a 2010 (yes) top fuel 9 for me to ride, awesome machine.

fotos of course,i looklike a pro :P

trek new bike

its finally out of the prototype room in wisconsin :P

That lottle room has some serious toys inside trust me

para os portugas (for the portuguese)

http://www.peticao.com.pt/golfe-no-jamor





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Destinatário: Secretário de Estado da Juventude e Desportos

Campo de Golfe no Estádio Nacional

O Instituto de Desporto de Portugal (IDP), em parceria com o Instituto de Turismo de Portugal e a Federação Portuguesa de Golfe preparam-se para implantar um campo de golfe de 18 buracos nos terrenos do Estádio Nacional, que hoje são de acesso livre. O campo de golfe vai ocupar uma área de 22 hectares e o custo de construção previsto é de 6 milhões de euros!

As poucas informações existentes indicam que a população em geral deixará de ter acesso a esses terrenos (mais de metade da zona de vale). Incluem a actual pista de corta-mato (que vai desaparecer) e ficarão vedados a toda a volta. Está ainda prevista a construção dum depósito de água em plena mata do Estádio Nacional, com o consequente corte de árvores que, aliás, já começou e está à vista de toda a gente.

A implantação dum campo de golfe nos terrenos do Estádio Nacional tem ainda graves impactos ambientais em termos de consumo de água, destruição do coberto vegetal natural, perturbação da fauna local e construção em leito de cheia, mesmo assumindo que a dispersão de herbicidas e pesticidas no ambiente ficaria salvaguardada.

Não é verdade que não existam campos de golfe públicos em Portugal, existem cerca de 70 onde qualquer pessoa pode jogar. Não existem é muitos campos de golfe pagos com o dinheiro do Estado (dos nossos impostos), nem parece que façam falta, quando se sabe que existem cerca de 20 campos de golfe, só na região de Lisboa, e que nada impediria a celebração de protocolos entre o Estado e alguns desses campos para promover o ensino de golfe.

Por tudo isso, a população e os utilizadores do Estádio Nacional estão frontalmente contra o projecto de implantação de um campo de golfe nos terrenos do Complexo do Estádio Nacional e pedem que este projecto seja cancelado e que as obras em curso parem imediatamente.

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i dont know

If this guy has too much time, is a clown, has a wide imagination or all of them.

But its some good tips (LOL) and fun videos

"we" love you Jonny

the mid season goal

With Lanzarote behind my back, a good easy recovery week i got into the program this week...

Recovery was good, a lot better than i would expect. Post race week i had 2 days of rest after the race and "do what ever you want for workouts but dont get excited" for the rest of it. The first goal of the season was reached witch didnt happened last year for example and that is a good boost. Now its time to think about the mid season goal, The european Long distance Championships, in Prague, where i will represent my country (duuuh). Im going to have a block of fast stuff until the end of the month, i had to change some plans for june. At the end of june i will drive to the pirenees for a altitude training camp before the race and im really into getting very very fast :P

other than this everything is running smoothly and im having a peak in motivation :D