holidays are alway good to put some miles in ;)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
lets oil the engine
Winter training, everyone likes it right?
Well i have started training first with some weeks of very ramdom stuff then the past weeks have already been of some decent scheduled training.
Well i have started training first with some weeks of very ramdom stuff then the past weeks have already been of some decent scheduled training.
The goal is to have an early race in 2012, Melbourne is without a doubt the favorite in my short list but is a hell of a ride to get there well... Neverthless and since i like working out, ive been doing so without being really sure what to do race wise, sugestions are welcome ;)
I recently introduced Yoga in my training with my good friend Carlos from CP Yoga, one hell of a core strength workout, i was humbled. Of course going straight to an intermediate class is part of the toughness.
Im not happy with my swim milieage right now as i have been waiting for my favorite pool to be 100% open to the public thus bringing my regular group back to normal training. Other than that running and biking have seen a lot of high intensity, short duration interval almost everyday. so far i have been feeling pretty well.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
tomorrows route
Ive been posting my routes somewhere else and ill post them here from now on. At least the ones for weekend warriors ;) always a good size peloton
here is tomorrows +- 2h ride
the meeting point is as usual, for me, parking lot of the swimming pool in Estadio Nacional.
here is tomorrows +- 2h ride
the meeting point is as usual, for me, parking lot of the swimming pool in Estadio Nacional.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Peter Reid
He was my favorit athlete, its not the first time i said this, always good to see this:
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Triathlete+Peter+Reid+among+latest+enter+Canadian+Sports+Hall+Fame/5677830/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Triathlete+Peter+Reid+among+latest+enter+Canadian+Sports+Hall+Fame/5677830/story.html
Friday, October 28, 2011
2011 racing photos
Lots of Kms of racing this year. here is a best overview of it in photos.
Porto Santo half ironman
2nd, Tune up race for South Africa
Ironman South Africa
12th, wass very fit but had monster stomach pain during the run
Trans Portugal
3rd, 9 stages, 1200 of MTB riding, very tough, enjoyed every km of it. left me trashed for a long time
IM Texas
11th, 2 weeks after the MTB race, was still really tired
Aveiro Half ironman
2nd, one week after texas, did my best ;)
IM France
5th, Great race, great course
IM Zurich
6th, 2 weeks after France, felt really good and actually held myself in the marathon to recover quickly to what was coming
IM Frankfurt
16th, blew up really had at 120km, 3 IM in one month can do that to you ;)
Guadalajara Half ironman
2nd, The tune up race for hawaii. I was Way better here than in the island
IM World Champs, hawaii
33th, Bad day all day, didnt really have much to leave in the course, felt really weak. but went for it the whole way
This is how i ended my season ;)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
the race
definetely not what i anticipated but i went through it to finish the best i could.
From start to finish it was all about suffering at a speed that would be a good recovery workout.
The swim was basically a lonely effort, i passed lindsey somewhere before the turn around and that was about it. Felt so hard and endless that swim, no big news to tell there.
As soon as i steped into the bike seemed like i was hit by a lighning bolt (i never had so probably not the best way to tell), had absolutely no power in the legs and the few i had felt so hard to put in the pedals, got passed by the slower swimmers, Jozsef went by me like 15km/h faster than i, really, then the girls, badman thurig etc. I had such a hard time going up hawi and no matter how many calories i got in it never changed the outcome of the ride. I Averaged 208W a good 50 55W below my best performances this year. the only good thing is that i kept a even pace power wise. finished with 5:10 on a good day for fast riding.
the run was all about finishing the day, nedlees to say that i felt terrible while running slowly and was actually surprised that a sub 3h was made.
Really hard day with no power in my body. Probably just an extension of my week where after arriving on sunday i only felt good on tuesday and then i really went downhill. i was really feeling good leading to this with tremendous workouts but i wasnt abble to put everything together in one day.
Vanessa had a good day phisically but had some major GI in the midle of the run that made her finish in 11:30, im actually happy for her overall performance and her hapiness to finish IM hawaii.
so, it was far from my ideal season finale but neverthless i fell like i had a tremendous season, some bad races yes but most where really good for me.
more after the break
From start to finish it was all about suffering at a speed that would be a good recovery workout.
The swim was basically a lonely effort, i passed lindsey somewhere before the turn around and that was about it. Felt so hard and endless that swim, no big news to tell there.
As soon as i steped into the bike seemed like i was hit by a lighning bolt (i never had so probably not the best way to tell), had absolutely no power in the legs and the few i had felt so hard to put in the pedals, got passed by the slower swimmers, Jozsef went by me like 15km/h faster than i, really, then the girls, badman thurig etc. I had such a hard time going up hawi and no matter how many calories i got in it never changed the outcome of the ride. I Averaged 208W a good 50 55W below my best performances this year. the only good thing is that i kept a even pace power wise. finished with 5:10 on a good day for fast riding.
the run was all about finishing the day, nedlees to say that i felt terrible while running slowly and was actually surprised that a sub 3h was made.
Really hard day with no power in my body. Probably just an extension of my week where after arriving on sunday i only felt good on tuesday and then i really went downhill. i was really feeling good leading to this with tremendous workouts but i wasnt abble to put everything together in one day.
Vanessa had a good day phisically but had some major GI in the midle of the run that made her finish in 11:30, im actually happy for her overall performance and her hapiness to finish IM hawaii.
so, it was far from my ideal season finale but neverthless i fell like i had a tremendous season, some bad races yes but most where really good for me.
more after the break
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
in hawaii
Ah yes, im in hawaii already, Loooong trip that ended on sunday.
as a quick blog, i would say that i haven't had much time to blog, even on weekend ive been out of my city to get some fresh air leading to a decent prep to the race. Place like my all time spot Tomar and definetely my new amazing training place in Avis.
Of course anyone that follows my blog knows about Tomar, but let me tell you that Avizacqua training center is just a perfect place for triathlon training and in particular Long distance. more on that later.
The build up for this was very decent but i certainly feel the need to get some real rest from a very busy season where i definetely wasn't the "real pro", very far from that but i managed to get VERY good results. I managed to get some more time to workout in September, not sure if it was the right thing to do ;)
the overview of the workouts would be the following
since i got here i have been feeling a lot below what i would like, jet lat and really tired from the travel, but i guess everything will get together in a few days!
What im really enjoying is Vanessas experience here in the big island. I can really say with 100% that she is having a blast and she is only here for one day ;) We had a calm day yesterday where we just needed to workout and have a photo session with swift bikes witch was pretty cool
Having said that, all is well so far, today will promise to be a very relaxing day again, but tomorrow the schedule gets tougher ;)
as a quick blog, i would say that i haven't had much time to blog, even on weekend ive been out of my city to get some fresh air leading to a decent prep to the race. Place like my all time spot Tomar and definetely my new amazing training place in Avis.
Of course anyone that follows my blog knows about Tomar, but let me tell you that Avizacqua training center is just a perfect place for triathlon training and in particular Long distance. more on that later.
The build up for this was very decent but i certainly feel the need to get some real rest from a very busy season where i definetely wasn't the "real pro", very far from that but i managed to get VERY good results. I managed to get some more time to workout in September, not sure if it was the right thing to do ;)
the overview of the workouts would be the following
What im really enjoying is Vanessas experience here in the big island. I can really say with 100% that she is having a blast and she is only here for one day ;) We had a calm day yesterday where we just needed to workout and have a photo session with swift bikes witch was pretty cool
Having said that, all is well so far, today will promise to be a very relaxing day again, but tomorrow the schedule gets tougher ;)
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