my first watch!!!!

I m not a member of the team timex.... i wasnt invited at there camp and didnt get to participate in there celebration...... but my good friend sergio got me a cool watch!!!! YEAH, my first watch i have ever own! today was cloudy and i could not use the sun to time my ride. I usualy calculate the movement(in degrees) of the sun from the start of my ride till the end to find out how long i rode but you cant do that when it s cloudy!!!!! the watch was really handy!!! Sergio also told me that it can controle my ipod so i tried to listen to some song during my ride but it didnt work. I m not sure what was wrong, but sergio told me i need to bring the ipod also on the ride for it to work... not sure i really understand all this technology but i will read the instruction tomorow.

Today was a brick workout, a 3h ride with some z3 follow by a 40min run. It went ok and we had the rest of the day to relax. We went to the coffee shop and tonight, as i was really bored, i decided to initiate paulo and sergio to the game of curling.

Now, we dont have ice here, and dont have to normal rock but we do have a brown carpet and golf balls so that was all we needed to start a very exciting game. I won the first game against paulo by the score of 10-2. He isnt really fast at understanding the rules but he still manage to score twice.

Here s a pic and a ESPN coverage of the game!!!!

also, a big thank you to Steve and Ann Hed that have sended me some toys to put on my bike for ironman arizona. I always like there aerobars and mine was pretty old and they offer to put me on a brand new vantage 8 aero base bar and the carbon flip light extension(s-bend). I will finish installation tomorow and take some pictures!!!! thank you Steve and Ann!!!!

short!

today: 50min run

swim: 3300m

dinner with paulo and sergio.... mostly talk about, insurrance policies, WOMENS and relationship... that was one hilarious evening.....!!!!!!

At PsTriathlon, we always try to be at the front end of the pack in term of data, recovery methode and tracking of all the parameter of the athlete.

A very powerfull tool use by Dr Paulo Ferrera Sousa is the Mood tracking device. Every morning, me and sergio will naturaly migrate towards the coffee machine and without even thinking, we need to pick what mood we are in for the day.


What is interesting is that in the past 3 weeks, (since paulo came back from portugal) my mood as been extremely constant with about no change. It s been set at; I M HAPPY, DON'T WRECK IT BY TALKING.

I also sometimes put it at; I M CUTE, LETS PUT ME IN CHARGE.

Saturday was a swim and a run..... it was simple, get it done.

Sunday was a 5h ride with some z3 work. I had one of these days where ....... well, i should have simply ride to milagros coffee shop and sit there drinking coffe for 5h and my hr would have been the same. But i got the ride done and a 40minutes run after.....


Now, Sergio as suggested we should have a fountain in the appartement flowing with fresh coffee all day long. I think it should be coke instead.... if anyone know of any fountain that can do that, please let us know....


ok... 2 more weeks before race day, i m getting excited to race even if i dont feel so great right now! I have look at my bank account balance last night and i m feeling extremly motivated to put a solid training day today and really go fast on april 13th. When coffee or coke dosnt provide the special kick in the butt, the bank account is always there to reminde me how much of a BOP (back of the pack) I'm!!!!

friday!!!!

I m so excited, it s friday, the begining of the weekend!!!! Wait... nop, there is nothing special for me in the weekend... everyday is hard work week or weekend!

Some clarification about the dog... i didnt really got a dog, my friends in new zealand got a dog but i like to think it s mine!

Today: 1h10 run tempo with sergio... got the work done, nothing else to say about it.

I also got some new saddle from Selle Italia!!!! I will be riding the new OPTIMA saddle and the SLR. I rode for 1h45 on the new saddle!!! fun fun fun!

Finaly a technical 4km swim, even a short day like this seems like a enourmous task right now... there isnt a lot of extra energy left in me....

Tomorow is a relatively easy day before hitting it hard again sunday for a long ironman simulation day. sergio is heading out for the timex camp so i m alone again for a few days..... i might have my PIFC (pre ironman freakout crisis) anytime soon......

I would like to take the time to say good luck to Danny, Rich, Kev, lauren racing in oceanside tomorow morning, i will be watching online. Then at 8pm.... my friend paul tichelaar, kyle jones, colin jenkins, brent mcmahon and a few of the girls will take on the first world cup of the season in australia... live coverage !!!!!!!!!!! good luck to everyone!

I GOT A DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love animals and i was looking at getting one. I first thought of a red fish or a bird but it would not be really helpfull for training so i went for a dog! Please, meet my new dog Harry!!!!!!!!



Harry isnt with me in Las Cruces. He is actually at a special training center in new zealand where he is show all the trick and technic to be a good ironman dog. He is learning to run up to 2h at a sub 6min mile pace. He is also a very good swimmer and my good friend Nick is working on making him a bike that would fit him! Harry will pass time in between Tauranga and taupo where he can really be expose to the ironman culture. Here s a pic of his first training lesson with the instructor jess.... harry is learning how to do effective beach start for races.....
He also is learning all the proper recovery technic with instructor Nick here! I m suppose to go get him next winter! until then, jess and nick are better take good care of Harry the irondog!!!!

oh...jess and nick are getting married next year!!!!! CONGRADULATION!!!! i really hope i can make it!!!

training today: 4h ride with 45min hard!
swim: 4.3km ...... i m pretty tired so i try to not talk to much about training!!!

long run day

Long run, very tired, legs werent happy but i still got 2h30 run... my longest run in over a year!

I then swam a 3km easy with a 2km straight.... i didnt want to stop as the water was a bit colder than usual and i get very cold quickly right now as i m very lean.......

-About been lean, it s not fun, i look like a starving kid... i m cold all the time, i had to stay in the hot shower for 10minutes after the swim to regain normal body temperature. I m craving food, no no, i m obsessed with food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, fries, burger, pizza, ice cream, cheescake, fry chicken, bacon, harshborn etc. But i eat tuna and rice instead!!! I m so excited about breakfast that i dont even need a alarm to wake up..... I got chase by a dog on a ride the other day and that mean dog turn around quickly and try to run away from me when it realised that i was the one hunting him and looking at him like my next meal...... everyone love a HOT DOG!!!

Anyway, as soon as ironman arizona is over... i mean passing the finish line, i get back on the sumo wrestler diet!!!!!!!!!!!!

STORY OF THE DAY:

A few days ago, the group went for dinner and as we walked out the restaurent, khai was in admiration in front of a hugly car (not sure of the model but it was a hold 50-60s car???) and i told him he just had bad taste....

well, khai knew i was going to the grocery store and in front of everyone he pull out of his wallet a 1$ bill and told me to GO BUY MYSELF SOME TASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

, i had to mention it because it was a great burn.... i looked like a fool in front of everyone! Good job Khai!!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

BANG!!! AND FROM THERE, IT S EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( only paulo and sergio will get that one...:)

confidence..................

life is a lot more quiet in LC..... no more campers....jodi is here but she is part of the furniture so that dosnt count!

today, i went on the road with sergio for a 1h50ish base ride in a good wind. My legs are complelty smash and it took me some focus to get this session over with. I have to say that we started this session at 11am so imagine how much procrastination we did in the morning! We finaly went to the pool at 6pm for a 4km workout. Nothing special there other than the cute twin sisters lifeguard are back at the pool:)!!!!




I had a lot of friends emailing me or asking me how excited or confident i feel about the coming race. I get a bit annoyed with these questions. I dont like to talk about the coming race. The true is, i m not confident, i m scare so bad of everyone on the start list and really hope to not get my ass kick!!!!

So what about confidence... well, i use to complain to paulo that i dont feel confident enough going into a race... that we need to change things and training so i feel more confident. His answer was pretty simple. HE DOSNT CARE ABOUT ME BEEN CONFIDENT!!!!!!!! His goal is to get me to the start line FIT and RESTED and READY TO EXECUTE. I finaly learned that it s all that matter.... to show up fit and GET THE WORK DONE! So, i still think i will get my ass kick by every single people register for this race.... that get me out of the door everyday to work really hard......but i will show up very FIT.....

tomorow is another 6-7h day.... time for bed!