Caminoakona

No Caminoakona is without obstacle. It does not matter how strong you are or how fit you are we are all only flies on the wall. As little and as insignificant ass flies. I don't mean that what we do does not matter, of course it does i am considering more how much we take for granted the fact that we are alive and how fast it can all go away.  This morning, as almost every Thursday morning at 5;40 am we started our 60k bike ride. For today we had a especial surprise for my teammates who are training for Ironman Cozumel, Sebas and Malcolm. Sebas showed up just in time, he rad 24 kms and swam 4500 meters yesterday and showed up in time and ready to rumble.  We had Felipe with us. We left for the Causeway. Once we got there we started our real workout. A couple of tempos against the wind, with controlled heart race, sort of IM pace. Sebas was strong. He was controlling his speed and pulse like clockwork. It was all coming together. Five Kilometers before we finished our tempos, Seba

It’s been only a few short weeks since Ironman Kona and I am having a tough time getting into the groove of not training as much and eating a lot less! It seems that it’s harder not to train than to actually get up and swim, bike and run, go figure.  I guess that training with a purpose for such a long time and maintaining that focused mental attitude gives me a sense of direction that really satisfies me but now, with no race around the corner I feel like I’m rambling on. I am really trying not to go crazy thinking about my next race or trying to improvise and singing up for more races now. I am now convinced that one has to respect the “off” aspect of the season in order to improve.  The problem for most of us is that in order to be good at this sport and compete at a high level the “offseason” is still part of the master plan to become a better athlete. That’s basically the only reason why there is an offseason. I read a thought the other day that actually made me think about this

Este año las expectativas eran un poco distintas.  No queria ir a pasear quería ir a darle duro y ver que podía lograr, esa fue el objetivo. Se trataba de buscar mi mejor marca personal independientente de la posicion en la general. Los días antes de la prueba estuvieron llenos de buenas vibras.  Desde que llegamos a la isla todo fue magico. El apartamento en White Sands no pudo ser mejor, la playa enfrente hermosa. Así, hicimos las nataciones de rigor en el dig me beach y hicimos la clásica pedaleada TTT patentada jeejej. Ya para el jueves y viernes el cuerpo estaba que con cualquier ruido quería largar a correr, que emoción que se vive en toda la isla los días previos, todo el mundo esta eléctrico!!  Esos dos días previos fueron muy calmados.   El jueves tuve la oportunidad de desconectarme por completo de la carrera, me fui con mi esposa a hacer un paseo por en helicoptero porla isla. Fuimos a ver la lava y las montañas de la isla. Como soy un poco idiota mi esposa me tuvo que c

Madame Pele nos esta dando la bienvenida con el sol y el viento aqui en camino a Hawi reconociendo la ruta del Ironman Hawaii 2010 Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel

Estamos orgullosamente representando a Panama! Saludos a tttodos, Cristina Mata, Fernando Alfaro y Pedro Cordovez

Con los Colores TTT orgullosamente en nuestra espaldas hicimos nuestra primera pedaleada en la Queen K. A un lado Volcan y al otro Oceano Pacifo. El viento y el calor se hicieron presentes pero nada que borrara la enorme sonrisa que teniamos Fish y yo de agradecimiento y alegria por permitirnos estar pedalenando por aca. Se acerca el dia del Ironman ya estamos acomodarnos al cambio de horario cada dia mas comodos. Saludos a todos. desde Kona. Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel