Sunday, November 30, 2008

need to change address

im quiting this blog and will blog somewhere else…

here :P

http://sergio-marques-blog.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

an unglorious end of the season

yeah, thats it.

I really cant explain what happened, to keep it short, i had nothing in the body today, since the beginning… 59 min swim and about 7 min lost to guys that swim around or behind (although that doesnt matter )me explains how i felt. Like i said i have no explanation for this.
bike was the same, absolutely no power in my legs, so i pulled out with a “what the hell happened to me” feeling.

an season to forget to say the least….
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

oh boy, its almost race day

YEAH, this sunday i will race in Ironman Arizona, again…

I would lie if i said i feel as good as in hawaii but we will see what happens, its a really deep field of athletes, kinda unexpected but it will be fun anyway.

Training was weird, bike and run was kinda normal stuff, shorter workouts for sure but basically the same stuff. Swimming is what was more diferent. I spent more than 2 weeks until my wounds disapear and after that i didnt swim at all, yes, i didnt swim at all it was all about jumping into the water and do drills and yes i decided so. I have no idea how many meter i did in each workout, probably around 2000 and 2500m so this will be totally a shot in the dark for me.

one thing tha makes me sad is that my wounds have the same skin color than 4, 5 weeks ago meaning that my health skin lost the tan… i got back to the white dude since i havent exposed my skin to the sun from the race day in hawaii…its all gone LOL

anyway, i will travel to arizona next thursday. Yes a bit late but i wont have a chance to get sick :P

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

a good set of photos

I obvioulsly need to change my blog to somewhere, i still dont have a new computer since mine never came back from the dead when i got beck from hawaii.

here is a very nice set of pics taken by my friend Ben, i never noticed him around…

http://picasaweb.google.com/ben2008kona/TheSERGIOSUnluckyRideInKona#

everything is alright, my scars took about 2 weeks to heal and phisically the race didnt have a great impact on me (expected since i didnt race) so i got back to training…

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

……

Im at lava java having my cinamon roll and coffee with caffeine…

yesterday was a fun day, very fun, so fun that im devastated.

i will keep this short since i only wanted friends to have an overview of the day.

Swim was good, i only had 2 parts where i pushed hard as i could, the start and at the turn around, where my grou splited and i had to swim hard to get to the front group, other that that i was a cruise, i always have the impression that i should have been at the faster group ahead but i cant do that in the start…anyway.

during the swim i lost the chip, so after leaving water i was trying to find a replacement, lost a lot of time but and saw the group flying by as well as other guys. i was pissed, i entered transition hand left it sprinting. a few km later going down palani i had a flat, changed and removed the nail of my tire but the tube blew right away, had to wait for tech vehicle, that took forever. 10 15min or so later (i have no idea but it felt like an hour) and with the “racing is over today” i continued my way down the road to finish.

saw some portuguese friend in the road and the hightlight of the day came by mile 39. i was getting ready for an aid station, getting rid of my empty bottles, one had at the brake hoods and other taking bottles out, had a small gust of with (i was still in queen k so wind wasnt strong like in hawii) small change of direction and hit a lonely cateye in the road. i crashed at around 40km/h. i took my bike of the course and washed my face with tears severall times waiting for he medical support. it took a while and i had a self check of my body, since nobody got there, i tought FU$% it im leaving and im completing the course and so i did. Went to hawii and got back to T2, took my time in transition tent to give some love to my road rash, my shoulder was hurting a bit but it was ok. i went for the run and jogged the whole way, just to finish the F#$#$#$ race, it was hawai after all.

so there you go. my best race report at least it sums up my day of misery.

take care 
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

the first Kona casuality

My computer died this night, that sucks, maybe it was the humidity.

Other than that everything is cool and im very happy to be here again. not much time to post, im upset since my good friend died! :(

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Present day, YEAHHH

Perfect timing!!!

today was by default a boring day, a short ride and a 4400meter swim where i met Mike Plumb and that was it. Hunter is trying to stay away from me and my walks i guess, he is hiding in one of the rooms. If it wasnt the present i got today it would be a very boring day :P

Me and Mike

Check those out, met Ben For some new ZOOT’s

And then my race wheels arrived

Sweet

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

wednesday brick

Cleaning bike and taking Hunter for a walk :P

and yes i had a brick workout and a swim afterwards, it was a great day with plenty hot weather…
 more photos

Hunter is tired!!


Not the best pool shot

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sunday brick…

Football and Pizza!!!!

that of course after a longish brick during the morning…

it is taper time for me!!!

notice also the huuuuge bag o M&M!!!

pizza was our dinner of course in a great place that i of course dont remember the name

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

my new weakness

http://www.goldenspoon.com/

AAAH soooo goood

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