Sérgio Marques Blog

well, i guess i dont need to write much about the race…

after 7h in the cold and rain (never seen so much continuous heavy rain) i finished in the medical tent for more 2h with hipothermia (sp?). the second lap of the bike especially the long downhill to keene destroyed what was left of an “hang in there” first loop.

i will resume my “race report” to this. the course was actually quite beautiful as well as the whole race, but i had a “i will never return to this place again” feeling.

more soon

Ps: thanks Alex for everything

its something i cant control BLA BLA BLA but cmon!!!!

“THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 698″

a litle less please, thank you

i rained like hell (i know i doesnt make sense) here today,

i would be happy with a bit less water on sunday

it was quite frankly a big surprise to see that a small town like this one hosted the winter olimpic games of the year of my birth.

There are more athletes than locals around here now, or so someone said that the population is around 2000, and it really looks that way, the whole city is dressed up for the event and it kinda looks like Kona, with the obvious differences. it really is an awesome venue.

ive riden about 70% of the course and its tough, nothing that i wouldnt expect though, same with run, it seems that the swim is flat though, i am not sure.

a few more shots of the day and off i go for dinner

I arrived to Montreal yesterday and will drive to Lake Placid tomorrow with Alex, a portuguese that liuves in canada since 6 years old and race triathlons for 20 years!!! Plenty of experience around here

My last week was the usual dizzy week, i felt “bad” durung the week but saturday i did a fabulous Brick workout. Today i felt very slugish and tired from travelling 15h. But i have my bike and health here at least

Speaking of flights etc im oficially scared of flying… i have reasons for it, it makes me unconfortable people caughting or sneezing around me, glad the overseas flight wasnt full because i didn change seats during this one…

Anyway, i went to the olimpic pool and all the surronding area and rode with ALex in the F1 circuit. that was freakin cool, a F1 circuit open to the public to ride, skate etc. I wonder why in Estoril, the portuguese circuit the same is not done…oh well.

here are some shots of the day:

Alex riding next to me in the circuit

me before the swim

the dork photo at the rowing “track”

one week closer to the race, taper has begun…

Iwouldnt consider this week as taper as it was still a tough cookie although a lot easier on the paper than the really long weeks.

I started feeling a bit off since Thursday, Monday was great (i was not surprised if you read my last post) Tuesday i had a Very GOOD longish ride, Wednesday i had regular long run (this means i wasn’t flying but it was a good workout) Thursday i had an easy day and i was glad it was easy since i was feeling very tired, friday’s ride was kinda mellow as well as the swim, Saturday i felt a bit trashed and today i had my last long ride/run workout where i felt my legs a bit heavy on the bike and actually felt comfortable on the run ( how many times you have heard that :P)

anyway the big news is that i had a crash on my bike today, noooo nothing special, just a few bruises… a old man (with all respect to old men) was in a hurry and pushed me out of my trajectory in a roundabout. I’m pretty sure he was in a hurry to sit at the local mall and eat freakin mcdonalds… or maybe he didn’t see me in my ORANGE Timex clothing Kit and bike, who knows…