An update on past things.
The European LD Champs where a big bad day that fortunately didn't left any regrets.
The weekend was all but good, me and Vanessa only got our bag with race stuff at 4 am before the race, lost in the airport. so its not easy to tell how nerve wrecking that was for us. Anyway, i felt very tired on the race day, since the beginning, although the swim felt bad i left the water not so bad as it felt as i was not so far from the regular guys that leave behind me. the bike indeed where i felt all my trashed legs. from km 0 it was all about pain pain pain and no power on the pedals so with 3 (of a total 6) laps i pulled out knowing that i was not going to have a good race so there was no point of trashing my body more and more.
Vanessa was 2nd overall in all AG but curiously was beaten in her AG but even so, she had a very solid race despite not focusing too much on it, so the weekend was not so bad for me.
I had a few easy days after the race and i believe my "road to Kona" begun last weekend. although if i think about it it was a long journey from IMSA to Kona. In all my Age group mentality i told myself this year i would be there competing ;)
Saturday i did 4:10 with Power hills and 1h run
Sunday i had a brick of 4:20 with 2X30 min at 280-290W followed by a 40 min run in a decent but not hard pace
I will have a middle distance race in guadalajara, spain this weekend so this week i have been doing some intervals and low volume.
Monday:
3800 swim
1:15 ride
1:00run
Tuesday:
3900 swim
1:45 bike with 4X6 min
30 min Trun at 4min/km
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
always something good to blog about...
A road to Kona...
ive been forgeting to blog more often and i apologize...
but a Road to Kona is always an excitment for me and with the added factor of WC164 being part of it.
so... this week, after the european LD champs that where disapointing, more about that in other post, my road to Kona has begun and this is just a reminder for the ones that follow this blog that in fact, more posts will chime in ;)
be good
ive been forgeting to blog more often and i apologize...
but a Road to Kona is always an excitment for me and with the added factor of WC164 being part of it.
so... this week, after the european LD champs that where disapointing, more about that in other post, my road to Kona has begun and this is just a reminder for the ones that follow this blog that in fact, more posts will chime in ;)
be good
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
yes..
Me and WC164 now have EVO nutrition as sponsor
New portuguese company with top level products with product line increasing very rapidly.
I highlight the Wake up evolution shake/pancakes for being a think outside of the box product. yes i said pancakes, pancakes full of bcaa's, protein and all the other stuff athletes like in a..... pancake ;)
check it out in their site
http://www.evonutrition.com.pt/
as for me, i wont race an ironman this weekend ;) im racing for portugal in the LD european champs, witch cahnged a bit my schedule for august. and im happily making my way for a good training block.
New portuguese company with top level products with product line increasing very rapidly.
I highlight the Wake up evolution shake/pancakes for being a think outside of the box product. yes i said pancakes, pancakes full of bcaa's, protein and all the other stuff athletes like in a..... pancake ;)
check it out in their site
http://www.evonutrition.com.pt/
as for me, i wont race an ironman this weekend ;) im racing for portugal in the LD european champs, witch cahnged a bit my schedule for august. and im happily making my way for a good training block.
Monday, July 25, 2011
it is done
3 IM in 4 weeks. ive done some silly stuff, this places very close of the top if not up there.
Ironman Frankfurt is of course one of the biggest races in the world and for some the last chance to get in the cut off for hawaii for so many people. Despite having held of in Zurich to help recovery, it didn't happend that way. First week after Zurich i felt good especially at the end of the week but in the week leading to Frankfurt i really didn't feel that good, needless to say i have an excuse for that ;)
Weather wasn't fantastic during the days i was here looked more like a winter day in Portugal but according to some forecasts it should hold on to dry conditions on race day witch clearly didn't happend.
The day started with clear skies indeed when everyone was preparing the T1. i got there a bit late so i really didn't have much time other getting the things done and get into the water, no time to freak out... The swim course was quite nice, well marked and not boring. i didn't felt good and powerful in the water, a consequence of how my swim form is going downhill since IM france 1 month ago. from a great swim in Nice loosing a couple minutes to the lead i got a decent but not awesome swim in Zurich and now i got a slower swim, not terrible but you get my point. basically and since i didn't felt any good i got into a group and let thing flow. but i was surprised to know that Riesen that had the bike right at my side in T1 was 1 minute ahead when 2 weeks earlier in zurich he was 2 minutes behind (he eventually DNF in both races) anyway i swimming is the part where i most felt the fatigue of the last month... i thought.
Time to ride. I remember being at the water and while breading and spotting a BIG cloud was closing by and in one of those occasions where you just think in something else other than rotation your arms i thought that those clouds didnt look any good. It took about 10 minutes of riding to get all (or stay) wet. I hate this was my thought. I rode steadily but wanted to catch guys in front of me instead of being caught. Everything seemed to be OK, i was feeling OK eating well but the temperature dropped a lot with the rain and i was suffering with that a lot and loosing my concentration in just pedaling. at around 40km i spotted a big group in one of the twists and turns. Dealsaut was there (his bike is quite flashy) and i spent around 60 km about 20 30 seconds from them, i was getting really annoyed for not getting there, closer some times but them their pace picked up and i really didn't want to get into those games. at the end of the first lap, around 105km, i was shivering hard and saw my life going backwards at that time. i was 1 min behind that group and had the chance to warmup a bit with a few minutes of time out from the rain and some tailwind. i was so relieved to start feeling my body again!!! even so i went through 110km with something close to a 4:40 bike split pace witch sounded great.
Soon enough i passed delsaut, that group riding in front of me seemed to have exploded and not so far ahead I exploded! WOW i really blew up really hard like i never did in an Ironman Ride ;) i was "caput" and all happened in a very short period of time. the last 40 50 km took forever to go by especially as i had the company of rain and cold again, i couldn't even get my powermeter above 200w more close to 170 or so. Nice
I came out of the bike in such a bad shape that i almost couldn't run...really. But i really wanted to get through it and finish my own craziness of 3 IM in one month but i was really struggling this day. i started running so slow and it was hurting so much that i was thinking that this would be the day i would walk in a marathon. I stopped in the toilet to loose some weight (didnt really needed to) but mostly to get my body together. after that it was all about doing my best to stay in one piece through the run. Not sure but i believe that the first lap was by far the slowest of the 4. that because i got into some decent rithm after the first lap, decent considering how blown and melted i was, to say the truth i would never imagine running as "fast" after T2. I really didn't care much about the position i was, i only knew about it at the end of the race. it was all about letting the kms pass. witch eventually happened ;)
finished 16th but for me that not really important. i can now brag of doing 3 IM in 4 weeks. stupidity i know but arent we all? and the first 2 where really solid performances i only regret of helding back in Zurich for some damage control that really didnt help in Frankfurt. Im definetely an ironman But im not made of iron...
It was too bad that the weather sucked in frankfurt its a great venue (yeah another one) but the rain really took people out of the streets, even so there was tons. And of course its so hard for me to race in the cold and rain, i just hate it.
so now its time to rest a bit. i really miss those blocks of training where you just...uuuh, train for something up ahead.
Ironman Frankfurt is of course one of the biggest races in the world and for some the last chance to get in the cut off for hawaii for so many people. Despite having held of in Zurich to help recovery, it didn't happend that way. First week after Zurich i felt good especially at the end of the week but in the week leading to Frankfurt i really didn't feel that good, needless to say i have an excuse for that ;)
Weather wasn't fantastic during the days i was here looked more like a winter day in Portugal but according to some forecasts it should hold on to dry conditions on race day witch clearly didn't happend.
The day started with clear skies indeed when everyone was preparing the T1. i got there a bit late so i really didn't have much time other getting the things done and get into the water, no time to freak out... The swim course was quite nice, well marked and not boring. i didn't felt good and powerful in the water, a consequence of how my swim form is going downhill since IM france 1 month ago. from a great swim in Nice loosing a couple minutes to the lead i got a decent but not awesome swim in Zurich and now i got a slower swim, not terrible but you get my point. basically and since i didn't felt any good i got into a group and let thing flow. but i was surprised to know that Riesen that had the bike right at my side in T1 was 1 minute ahead when 2 weeks earlier in zurich he was 2 minutes behind (he eventually DNF in both races) anyway i swimming is the part where i most felt the fatigue of the last month... i thought.
Time to ride. I remember being at the water and while breading and spotting a BIG cloud was closing by and in one of those occasions where you just think in something else other than rotation your arms i thought that those clouds didnt look any good. It took about 10 minutes of riding to get all (or stay) wet. I hate this was my thought. I rode steadily but wanted to catch guys in front of me instead of being caught. Everything seemed to be OK, i was feeling OK eating well but the temperature dropped a lot with the rain and i was suffering with that a lot and loosing my concentration in just pedaling. at around 40km i spotted a big group in one of the twists and turns. Dealsaut was there (his bike is quite flashy) and i spent around 60 km about 20 30 seconds from them, i was getting really annoyed for not getting there, closer some times but them their pace picked up and i really didn't want to get into those games. at the end of the first lap, around 105km, i was shivering hard and saw my life going backwards at that time. i was 1 min behind that group and had the chance to warmup a bit with a few minutes of time out from the rain and some tailwind. i was so relieved to start feeling my body again!!! even so i went through 110km with something close to a 4:40 bike split pace witch sounded great.
Soon enough i passed delsaut, that group riding in front of me seemed to have exploded and not so far ahead I exploded! WOW i really blew up really hard like i never did in an Ironman Ride ;) i was "caput" and all happened in a very short period of time. the last 40 50 km took forever to go by especially as i had the company of rain and cold again, i couldn't even get my powermeter above 200w more close to 170 or so. Nice
I came out of the bike in such a bad shape that i almost couldn't run...really. But i really wanted to get through it and finish my own craziness of 3 IM in one month but i was really struggling this day. i started running so slow and it was hurting so much that i was thinking that this would be the day i would walk in a marathon. I stopped in the toilet to loose some weight (didnt really needed to) but mostly to get my body together. after that it was all about doing my best to stay in one piece through the run. Not sure but i believe that the first lap was by far the slowest of the 4. that because i got into some decent rithm after the first lap, decent considering how blown and melted i was, to say the truth i would never imagine running as "fast" after T2. I really didn't care much about the position i was, i only knew about it at the end of the race. it was all about letting the kms pass. witch eventually happened ;)
finished 16th but for me that not really important. i can now brag of doing 3 IM in 4 weeks. stupidity i know but arent we all? and the first 2 where really solid performances i only regret of helding back in Zurich for some damage control that really didnt help in Frankfurt. Im definetely an ironman But im not made of iron...
It was too bad that the weather sucked in frankfurt its a great venue (yeah another one) but the rain really took people out of the streets, even so there was tons. And of course its so hard for me to race in the cold and rain, i just hate it.
so now its time to rest a bit. i really miss those blocks of training where you just...uuuh, train for something up ahead.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Swiss
Its done and in my opinion, well done.
The goal for this race was doing the best with the least as possible. Having done IM Nice 2 weeks before demanded that.
The race venue in Zurich and Zurich itself is a lovely city, too bad i dont have time to really see the city...
I started feeling better this past week so i was expecting to have at least a decent performance although you can be sure, i had a small portuguese crew in site including my coach that was in the course to check the race and his 2 Sergio´s, me and Sergio Costa. Arriving on thursday left not much choice other than taking the most time possible to rest as those are the only days i dont really have to work ;)
The swim in Lake zurich was awesome, the buoys where hard to spot, they where too far away especially with the sun coming out, speaking of sun, the weather held pretty well except in one part of the run where we caugh some nasty thunderstorms, we had some nasty weather these days in zurich. Anyway the pros left at 6:55am, after the first buoy, probably 700m i was with riesen at my side along with others, i now live confortably with the fact that my starts are slow to actually hang the most i can in the faster groups and just hope i can catch someone faster than me like it happen in Nice, i started leading that group already with my "cruising" speed but the next group was already to far forward. i tough i had every one in my feet but when i exited the water for the small run to the second (and longer lap) i saw anyone... so that made my swim a lonely one again, i eventually passed a guy in the second lap but it really was an solitary effort, i left the water with Helder already mentioning that the times where slow at the lead and ishould be worried about the time i had in my watch.
After a beginner T1 with some extra meters and making sure i didnt loose my gels i got into the bike, i was sure that i was in front of good guys so i just cruised in the first kms trying to settle down from the swim. Mr Riesen passed me at around 15km and i tried to follow, witch i did for 15km then i dropped with the feeling that i needed to take of the entire race. Somewhere in 50km Chris Brader and mike Shiferle came by in an dowhill where i was taking easy because i really didnt know the course, i did the rest of the lap with them, i was feeling good legs at that time but i wasnt worried about going faster. Mike eventually took of just before the first climb in the second lap and Brader droped in the beast climb. I got to T2 with a decent but not great ride and wasnt sure how i would feel with the zoots on my feet.
I felt pretty bad at the begining, slugish and with not much energy but after 3-4km i started feeling my running legs. there where some guys to catch since i was running outside the top10. Helder Krepe and Sedi where keeping me updated all the way since the course had just so many spots where i passed like 20 times. I was moving in the field with Helder always screaming something like "Get them but go easy" words of wisdom??? ;) i ran so confortably the whole way (except of course the first kms) that i got bored in some ocasions. in lap 3 i got into 6th and at that time Helder "ordered" me to roll to the finish, not wanting to get him angry in the first race he watches as a coach i did so, i was safe at 6th but had a big gap to 5th so i rolled to the finish. This was by far the "easiest" marathon i ever done, never really suffered to keep a good rithm arounnd 4min/km and if someone can chime in and say bad things about that, i felt really well doing so and besides i can always say i did an ironman 2 weeks ago ;).
At the end, job well done 6th place, 8:47 is great for what i expected, another well executed race, this one with different goals than the usual "get to the finish line as soon as i can" that i so often say. the morning after as i write this i feel pretty darn well for someone that did an ironman.
more....soon
The goal for this race was doing the best with the least as possible. Having done IM Nice 2 weeks before demanded that.
The race venue in Zurich and Zurich itself is a lovely city, too bad i dont have time to really see the city...
I started feeling better this past week so i was expecting to have at least a decent performance although you can be sure, i had a small portuguese crew in site including my coach that was in the course to check the race and his 2 Sergio´s, me and Sergio Costa. Arriving on thursday left not much choice other than taking the most time possible to rest as those are the only days i dont really have to work ;)
The swim in Lake zurich was awesome, the buoys where hard to spot, they where too far away especially with the sun coming out, speaking of sun, the weather held pretty well except in one part of the run where we caugh some nasty thunderstorms, we had some nasty weather these days in zurich. Anyway the pros left at 6:55am, after the first buoy, probably 700m i was with riesen at my side along with others, i now live confortably with the fact that my starts are slow to actually hang the most i can in the faster groups and just hope i can catch someone faster than me like it happen in Nice, i started leading that group already with my "cruising" speed but the next group was already to far forward. i tough i had every one in my feet but when i exited the water for the small run to the second (and longer lap) i saw anyone... so that made my swim a lonely one again, i eventually passed a guy in the second lap but it really was an solitary effort, i left the water with Helder already mentioning that the times where slow at the lead and ishould be worried about the time i had in my watch.
After a beginner T1 with some extra meters and making sure i didnt loose my gels i got into the bike, i was sure that i was in front of good guys so i just cruised in the first kms trying to settle down from the swim. Mr Riesen passed me at around 15km and i tried to follow, witch i did for 15km then i dropped with the feeling that i needed to take of the entire race. Somewhere in 50km Chris Brader and mike Shiferle came by in an dowhill where i was taking easy because i really didnt know the course, i did the rest of the lap with them, i was feeling good legs at that time but i wasnt worried about going faster. Mike eventually took of just before the first climb in the second lap and Brader droped in the beast climb. I got to T2 with a decent but not great ride and wasnt sure how i would feel with the zoots on my feet.
I felt pretty bad at the begining, slugish and with not much energy but after 3-4km i started feeling my running legs. there where some guys to catch since i was running outside the top10. Helder Krepe and Sedi where keeping me updated all the way since the course had just so many spots where i passed like 20 times. I was moving in the field with Helder always screaming something like "Get them but go easy" words of wisdom??? ;) i ran so confortably the whole way (except of course the first kms) that i got bored in some ocasions. in lap 3 i got into 6th and at that time Helder "ordered" me to roll to the finish, not wanting to get him angry in the first race he watches as a coach i did so, i was safe at 6th but had a big gap to 5th so i rolled to the finish. This was by far the "easiest" marathon i ever done, never really suffered to keep a good rithm arounnd 4min/km and if someone can chime in and say bad things about that, i felt really well doing so and besides i can always say i did an ironman 2 weeks ago ;).
At the end, job well done 6th place, 8:47 is great for what i expected, another well executed race, this one with different goals than the usual "get to the finish line as soon as i can" that i so often say. the morning after as i write this i feel pretty darn well for someone that did an ironman.
more....soon
Thursday, July 7, 2011
the swiss ride
beautiful isnt it ;) ok seat post is a bit off but i really didnt have time to tune my corima seat post to acomodate the rails of the Selle italia Optima (or any of the new generation carbon rails)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Nice was Nice
Havent bloged much after texas...
I am now in some sort of point chase while i enjoy racing...
Nice would promise to be a tough race because.... welll its Nice. After racing the half ironman in Aveiro i did a small block of training taking advantage after some holidays in portugal. i traveled kinda late to the race site with WC164K so i never had the chance to really take a look at the course and i knew how important those downhill are when you need to gain the most time possible.
Anyway directly to the race day as there isn't anything very important to mention other than the long 5 minute walk to the transition area :P
the race started at 6:30, i woke up a bit later than the usual and had my breakfast later too. part of the reason was of course not having to move around too much to get to the race...
Bike preparation was uneventful and soon i was in the water for a short warm up or getting the wetsuit wet.
It was a mass start with the pros in the middle and some gates in both sides with the faster swimmers next to the pros. I started "slowly" just trying to get into the rhythm progressevely. in the process i became visually impaired since i took quite a few punches in the first few hundred meters. There was no way i was going to stop to fix this with 2500 athletes behing me so i did the first large lap with my goggles full of salty water. I felt great while swimming in a group but had no idea on what was going on up front as i couldn't see more than shadows and a few caps. After the first buoy (1000m) thing got more peaceful and it was just a matter of being able to get out of the water fast. At the end of the first lap, around 2400 and a short run in the beach i only saw on group up ahead that would mean that the lead pack was so far ahead i couldn't see or in fact that pack was the lead one. the rest of the swim was uneventful and i felt very controlled the whole way. when i got out of the water and saw the clock that was located just before getting the bags i was definitely happy, i saw 54min. that of course could mean nothing but seeing most of the pro bikes still racked definitely meant something, i had a good swim....finally.
Now to the bike course... the tough part. I started like i usually do, not rushing things. there was around 15 20 km before you hit the mountains, and what a start, a super steep but short hill, around 500m that really putted me out of breath ;) after that climb the course gently goes uphill and some downhill until you hit the big climb of the day, before that i was passed by some guys that i would never expect to be in front after the swim. The climb was somewhere near 20km with some steep sections and other not so steep. At the beginig of the climb i couldn't believe my eyes and i was passed by ords of athletes!!! WTF i was kinda feeling the worst guy at the race. soon enough tough i started going through them again one by one. i suffered a bit on the the steeper parts for sure but i got in the top of that climb in around 13º with Scott. After that there was a downhill that needed pedaling. i had fun doing it leading scott too soon there was the second big climb of around 8km. There i was caught by someone that it was worth the effort to not being "dropped" and i was sure Trevor tried to pass me and leave me behind. I took an extra gear to keep him in sight until the downhill. Another fun part. Trevor clearly didn't have great bike skills so i just pushed the pace in the downhill. yes i got my share of adrenaline in one occasion where i almost went of course but overall great descent. the last 50km its downhill and flat (last 20km) i led the group untill T2 unaware that santamaria caught us probably at the top before the downhill.
Run time, Trevor and Santamaria just took of so fast at the beginning that i almost couldn't see them. I wasn't feeling bad nor i was running slowly they just started im MDK mode. Frederik and Chabaud where to far away, but the rest of the guys where in reachable gaps. I had to move to the toilet at around 7km, i was afraid that something like south africa could be up ahead... i didn't spent too much time in it, just a few seconds and when i left i started flying ;) i really felt better after that. second lap saw me passing santamaria and getting close to Trevor delsaut. half way through i was in his heels and soon enough i passed him to get into the 5th position. Zamaora wasn't too far away neither was Paul Amey that was fading hard. I kept going in the 3rd lap to build a safe gap to the guy behind but in the final lap i started slowing down too much...enough to forget about chasing Paul and Zamora and just get to the finish. Its very hard to spot the guys in front with so many athlete on this 4 lap course. Paul ended a couple minutes ahead while Zamora actually gained time on my in the final 5km.
At the end 5th place was a very pleasant result for me. i was chasing a good result for some time now and had a good swim at least one that reflects my pool times, good controlled bike and im back to sub 2:50 runs. i really can ask much more than that right now ;)
And what a awesome course this is, one of the prettiest i ever done right up there with lanzarote. Tough courses are alway pretty i guess ;)
more soon as i wont have much time to rest, off to breakfast....
I am now in some sort of point chase while i enjoy racing...
Nice would promise to be a tough race because.... welll its Nice. After racing the half ironman in Aveiro i did a small block of training taking advantage after some holidays in portugal. i traveled kinda late to the race site with WC164K so i never had the chance to really take a look at the course and i knew how important those downhill are when you need to gain the most time possible.
Anyway directly to the race day as there isn't anything very important to mention other than the long 5 minute walk to the transition area :P
the race started at 6:30, i woke up a bit later than the usual and had my breakfast later too. part of the reason was of course not having to move around too much to get to the race...
Bike preparation was uneventful and soon i was in the water for a short warm up or getting the wetsuit wet.
It was a mass start with the pros in the middle and some gates in both sides with the faster swimmers next to the pros. I started "slowly" just trying to get into the rhythm progressevely. in the process i became visually impaired since i took quite a few punches in the first few hundred meters. There was no way i was going to stop to fix this with 2500 athletes behing me so i did the first large lap with my goggles full of salty water. I felt great while swimming in a group but had no idea on what was going on up front as i couldn't see more than shadows and a few caps. After the first buoy (1000m) thing got more peaceful and it was just a matter of being able to get out of the water fast. At the end of the first lap, around 2400 and a short run in the beach i only saw on group up ahead that would mean that the lead pack was so far ahead i couldn't see or in fact that pack was the lead one. the rest of the swim was uneventful and i felt very controlled the whole way. when i got out of the water and saw the clock that was located just before getting the bags i was definitely happy, i saw 54min. that of course could mean nothing but seeing most of the pro bikes still racked definitely meant something, i had a good swim....finally.
Now to the bike course... the tough part. I started like i usually do, not rushing things. there was around 15 20 km before you hit the mountains, and what a start, a super steep but short hill, around 500m that really putted me out of breath ;) after that climb the course gently goes uphill and some downhill until you hit the big climb of the day, before that i was passed by some guys that i would never expect to be in front after the swim. The climb was somewhere near 20km with some steep sections and other not so steep. At the beginig of the climb i couldn't believe my eyes and i was passed by ords of athletes!!! WTF i was kinda feeling the worst guy at the race. soon enough tough i started going through them again one by one. i suffered a bit on the the steeper parts for sure but i got in the top of that climb in around 13º with Scott. After that there was a downhill that needed pedaling. i had fun doing it leading scott too soon there was the second big climb of around 8km. There i was caught by someone that it was worth the effort to not being "dropped" and i was sure Trevor tried to pass me and leave me behind. I took an extra gear to keep him in sight until the downhill. Another fun part. Trevor clearly didn't have great bike skills so i just pushed the pace in the downhill. yes i got my share of adrenaline in one occasion where i almost went of course but overall great descent. the last 50km its downhill and flat (last 20km) i led the group untill T2 unaware that santamaria caught us probably at the top before the downhill.
Run time, Trevor and Santamaria just took of so fast at the beginning that i almost couldn't see them. I wasn't feeling bad nor i was running slowly they just started im MDK mode. Frederik and Chabaud where to far away, but the rest of the guys where in reachable gaps. I had to move to the toilet at around 7km, i was afraid that something like south africa could be up ahead... i didn't spent too much time in it, just a few seconds and when i left i started flying ;) i really felt better after that. second lap saw me passing santamaria and getting close to Trevor delsaut. half way through i was in his heels and soon enough i passed him to get into the 5th position. Zamaora wasn't too far away neither was Paul Amey that was fading hard. I kept going in the 3rd lap to build a safe gap to the guy behind but in the final lap i started slowing down too much...enough to forget about chasing Paul and Zamora and just get to the finish. Its very hard to spot the guys in front with so many athlete on this 4 lap course. Paul ended a couple minutes ahead while Zamora actually gained time on my in the final 5km.
At the end 5th place was a very pleasant result for me. i was chasing a good result for some time now and had a good swim at least one that reflects my pool times, good controlled bike and im back to sub 2:50 runs. i really can ask much more than that right now ;)
And what a awesome course this is, one of the prettiest i ever done right up there with lanzarote. Tough courses are alway pretty i guess ;)
more soon as i wont have much time to rest, off to breakfast....
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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