Back to training

After 5 days doing nothing yesterday I hit he pool to see how I was feeling from "injury". Its turns out I felt great. So for the next 3 weeks my focus will be training for the NYC marathon. I do have 1 more sprint tri next Saturday but I am going there to have fun as all my attention is on the marathon. The marathon have been the goal and 3:30 the time since last year. Last year I went to watch the Marathon Olympic trials and I was inspire to again run a marathon. The next 3 weeks will be running focus and a little bit of swimming and biking because the last 2 help heel your body from the running pounding. Let see how its goes. In 32 days I ll be at the start of Staten Island ready to go.

Weekend gone, Butt bump gone, Wall street crash

The weekend went by resting and relaxing. I clean (with help of my girl friend) a lot and got ready for the fall. I rest and waste a lot on the computer wondering about the next move in every aspect of my life. On Sunday I went to the Naylor beach Olympic triathlon and watch my girlfriend compete. Over there I met a fellow blogger the Rainmaker. We chatted about some interesting triathlons topics. He is cool guy and great athlete. The race site is beautiful and the organization great I recommend this race foe anybody who wants a late Olympic triathlon. My girl friend had a great being this her first Olympic race she finish with a great 2:53:56. Congratulations to her. My bump is almost gone so hopefully this week I am back to training to NYC marathon.

Wall street is in edge of a collapse may be we are back to the 30's. Will see stay tuned. My only question is if this crisis was in another country and ther government would try to do what the us government is trying to do it be called Socialism. And the US government will threat them about what ever they can. Is the US government get what they want. Who will tell them that they are socialist and who will threat them about being SOCIALISM !!!!!

Race weekend for me not

Ok first It was Hanna canceling a race now I got an infection on my groin area due to a butt bump that I got on Monday.The butt bump turns really big on Tuesday and on Wednesday I couldn't sit. Went to the doctor today and told me I have a staph infection in the groin thighs & butt area. The doc said no training or racing for a week.So just like that my race for this weekend is cancel and the ones on next weekend are on jeopardy. I am a little bit disappointed with this because I rarely get sick. But in the last 2 years a lot of random stuff have happened to me. Examples are infected nails or bees on the floor while I walk on the beach barefoot.
So I basically haven't been able to train since Tuesday and now I ll be at least another week. Sad hopefully i ll be ready for next weekend and hope I can resume training for NYC marathon.
Hope Everybody racing this weekend have a great time.

Back to the addiction

I am not a fan of tv or series. In fact I rarely watch tv, not even the news. What I watch is any soccer basketball volleyball game that I found or wrestling. How ever in 2006 I was introduce this show that at the beginning I found weird and now interesting. But the episodes passed and I continue to watch it with out having many clues. Then the season 1 came on DVD and I bought to see if I can understand it. I put the pieces together and I began to understand it. When season 2 started I became a addicted to it and began watching season 1 again. Season 2 was short do the editors strike last year. But finally Season 3 began last night and my addiction is back. Its started with 2 episodes with a lot of action. So hopefully you know what I am talking about. Just in case here is a clue.

Sunday Recap; finding motivation

After running 21 miles on Saturday. Sunday I was tired I was suppose to put at least 40 miles on the bike. To be honest I didn't have the motivation. So when you don't have motivation you look for it. My girlfriend got invited to the redskins game it was for free so tickets were only for her. She went to the game and I went to the capital criterium. It was bike race being held at DC for the first time. As many other races in the city the crowd were not that good. So I was able to walk around and watch the race form different angles. The course was really technical and not as easy at it seem. I saw my great bike fitter Scot with his family. We watch the race together and he explain to me techniques of pro bike racing. I was amazed with all the stuff that you can watch and learn when you watch this life and in person. After watching the race I return home got in to my bike and went for a good 32 miles ride at at a decent average of around 18 miles per hour on a hilly course. I found my motivation but I left my Accelarade at home so after mile 28 I was feeling it and had to return home totally burn out. I think it was a great ride for me and the best thing is I find the motivation needed to complete the training.
As for this week tapper for my racing on Sunday. So I am cutting much of my training and do some short intensity.
Hope everybody have a great week.

25 Deegres what a Difference

Yesterday I went for another 20 mile run in preparation for the NYC Marathon. It was so cool to go out with in the 60's. The run went great the weather was great and and my pace was even better. My girlfriend run half of the run with me. I ran the other half by my self. I was feeling so good that I decided to add 1 more mile. As always I like to finish strong my long runs. I finish them at the track doing the last 2 miles a little bit more fast than the rest of the run. My last 2 miles were just under 8 minute mile pace. My total time 2:59:44 was for 21 miles. An average of 8:35 per mile and an average HR 160. So compare to last weekend run I in the same period of time I average 1 more minute per mile and 165 HR so the 25 degrees does make a difference. Now to bike ride for a while.

Weekend= training training

Yesterday I went to the baseball game to watch the Mets vs the Nationals. My experience was good. The stadium is really nice. The game was a baseball game so was burring but the Mets won 7-2. A few homers and a lots of hits. A volleyball, soccer or basketball game is better.

The weekend looks good as ill be trying to do 20 miles again (last weekend 19) on the run. The weather looks to be great so it will be colder 65 - 70 that better than 85 -90. Om Sunday I plan to put a few miles (40 - 50) on the bike and then head to the Capital Criterium as Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters will be competing should be good. If I have time I will put a swim session.

The training the last 2 week has been really intense as I have been doing a long of long speed workouts for the marathon swim a lot and bike a lot in order to prepare for the Olympic tri next weekend.

The tri season is almost done for to all the people competing this weekend good luck

Baseball game me nahhhhhhhh??????

Yes tonight I am going to the baseball game with some coworkers to watch the Mets not the Nationals. For people who know me I am not a big baseball fan in fact I hate it. Even I was born in a baseball country, play baseball as a small kid, my dad is a big baseball fan and one of my brother plays at NCAA baseball at his college in Boston (he is in his senior year) I don't like the sport. The only reason I am attending is to watch all the my country man who play for the Mets. The Carlos Beltran and Delgado Reyes and the rest of the crew. Plus Johan Santana will be pitching.

So it should be fun a night hopefully

Back tomorrow

What's wrong with you people

On Monday Wall street collapse do to the Lehman bank bankruptcy. Yesterday the fed save AIG of the same thing. 2 weeks ago the fed save Fannie and Freddy. The house price are dropping like a bomb. Also the oil too. (but thats good. The eastern part of Texas is a disaster do to Ike. The wars at Irak and Afghanistan are out of control. The US is messing around in Bolivia and Venezuela and all the south American countries trying to create conflicts in their government. The US embassy at Yemen was attack this mourning. The USA might have a president that wont last a year and the vice president who will become president if the above happens is worst than dumb and dumber. But for many of the people around the new facebook look and how they don't like it is more important to them that them that the election, Texas, war ect.

Well all this symptoms means only 1 thing that collapse of the empire is coming. When the population of a country is more aware of facebook or the football season collage or pro doesn't make a difference. In stead of trying think and do something about what direction the USA is going. There is a problem.

A great trainning weekend

On Saturday I went for my first really long run in like more than 4 years. I define a really long run anything above 16 miles. The conditions were brutal 80 and 95% of humidity. So having this condition I decided forget about the time just complete the distance. That was exactly what I did. I went out and just run with out any type of worry. When I hit mile 16th my body started to feel it. Thanks to my moving oasis aka my girl friend doing her bike training she was in the places at the exact time with the water and the accelerate. As I said when I hit mile 16 I just survive the next 3 miles and complete 19 miles in 2:59:00. My plan was to do 20 but the track were I like to do the last miles of my runs was close in the side that I normally enter. I thought the track was close and just run home. The thought was that I was so tier and didn't look to see if the other side was open. It was open so my bad.

After that long run we went the nations tri expo and hangout for 2 hours and then went to eat at a good Tai place on Chinatown.

On Sunday I bike 51 miles on another really hot humid day. I was tier from the day before so It was a slow ride. After that we went to the nations tri finishing line and hang out for a while. Then we went to a local running store and got some tri outfits that were on sale.

The weekend was active and the same really demanding. This mourning it was really hard for me to get out of bed.

This week is more training in preparation for the race on the 28th

Congratulation to all my fellow blogger that raced this weekend.

Weekend = traning training

I am doing a crazy training training for both an Olympic tri and the NYC Marathon. So I have been going really hard and I think it has helped me a lot as of today I am feeling great. So for the weekend I will be doing more of the same. A 20 miler tomorrow and a 60 miler on the bike on Sunday. Plus swimming. Sounds good. Also I have plans to attend on Sunday to the nations tri to cheer for a the participants. So good luck to everybody who is doing it.
The tri season is coming to an end. So enjoy the last few weekend of racing later I will have a recap of how my season have been but I want to wait for my last 2 tri before that. In the mean time enjoy it.
Take care and have a great weekend to all of those of you who are racing

The other 9/11

Seems that yesterday the press only care about the people that was kill 7 years ago by the Taliban regimen. But what about the the hundreds that the US kill 35 years ago at Chile. I think nobody cares here how bad the US have been in other parts of the world.

On September 11 1973 a coup to Chile's President at the time Salvador Allende happened. It was made by Chilenian Navy Backed up by the USA. All this happened because Allende won the election in a democratic way and the USA didn't agree with his views (Socialism!!!!!). So President Nixon baked the Operation saying

"We can not have any more socialism government In our own a backyard"

Months before the operation CIA agents participated in meetings for the creation of groups to try to interfier with government.
A lot of people were killed that day all union leaders in the rural area students and journalist. All of them were identified as Socialist.

Hopefully some remember those people too.

He's back

After a 3 1/2 year absent guest what he's back. Yes none other than you know who????


May be we wants to add another finger.

I have been a fan of him since 2003 following a every tour since then. In 2004 I bought the live strong yellow bracelet when it become a fashion statement. Guess what I still have it today and it have never been remove from wrist. On 2005 It was the last journey or the last dance. Well just for a while because now he is back. Lets enjoy the ride one more time.
Remember he was first a triathlte.

An afternoon person?? It does exist

Lately I have been ask by a lot of people what type of person I am a mourning person or a night person. I told them neither. I am an afternoon person I don't know if that exist or not but thats how I feel. The reason are simple its really hard for me to get out of bed early in the mourning even for racing. As for the night my day is done around 10:30 my body is telling me to hit the bed as soon as possible. As for productivity at least at work my best "production time" is early in the afternoon for 1:00 to 5:00. The best time for me to train is from 5:30 to 8:30. After 10 I am ready to shut down. On weekends If I can go for something long in the afternoon also works a lot for me. So next time somebody ask what type of person are you may be the description above might be you too.

The next 2 weeks I am training like a pro so its just going to be work and training I let every body know how its goes.

New goals

After a disappointing weekend were my race was cancel in stead of continue with my frustration I decided to continue training. On Friday I swam 3000 around noon and in the afternoon I went for a 28 mile bike ride at high intensity. Since I don't want my season to end like that I sign in for 2 races at the end of the month an set a goal to 1. I sign in for Naylor beach Olympic distance race Sept 28 and for Giant Acorn sprint distance October 4. On Naylor beach I have a goal breaking 2:30. Since I have never been able to go under 2:32. I know is going to be hard because the bike is 26 mile not 40 km but I am preparing my self for that. for the Giant Acorn race I am just going to go there to have fun a lot fun...because the next day I ll be running 20 miles.

About my race cancellation yesterday I went to the race site.It was a really pretty. I make a 2 hour run around the area to at least enjoy it. My girl friend was doing Olympic distance. She finished second on her age group and the prize was a big bottle of wine. Congratulations to her. I did get my race shirt and socks. Being there you can feel that there was a lot of tension due to the cancellation of the race on Saturday. For me I pass the page already. I am focusing on my next races.

Hope every body have a great week and congratulations to those who completed Ironman Wisconsin and any other major race.

Paitriots 1/2 cancel

My A race of the season have been cancel due to TS hanna. As of now I am really sad. So I am going to continue training for my events. I am not to happy to write. I ll be back tomorrow.
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have a great weekend :(

Hanna dosen't want to go away

So Hanna apparently wants to strike the area on Saturday mourning. That mean that the might be gone. If that happens well I guess bad luck or move it to Sunday mourning. And combine al 3 races. I am preparing for the worst. Since ½ of my races this year has been with rain. I know how to deal with it basically. So here I am sitting at work basically expecting to hear was going to happen. I am just hopping. I know that my friend Tri 22 follow me so she is too kind of sad. Here is the latest forecast of the storm (top) and the elevation of the course.

Hanna Update

Hanna doesn’t want to leave from the north coast of Haiti. So the latest forecast says it will be making land fall on South Carolina on Saturday mourning. South Carolina is 325 miles south of the race venue. The extension of the system surrounding the eye is only about 45 to 50 miles. So base on my experience following Hurricanes the race on Saturday will be hot and humid at least till 1 pm. So bring the race because Hanna wont stop it.



About training yes I am tapper yester day only bike 13 mile with a few spins and swim a 1200 meters. Today resting and watching DC united game.

PS I don’t have any studies in meteorology or anything like that my assumptions are base on experience watching all the weather forecaster having it wrong every time and growing up on a tropical Island

Race week

After a great training weekend race week have arrive so that mean taper and don’t over eat. My training is reduce this week so I won’t be doing much at all. Today 15 miles on the bike and a quick swim of may be 1000 – 1500 that’s it. Tomorrow a short run early in the mourning and then begin packing. I’ll be getting there Thursday night to rest and have everything set on Friday and be ready for the big day on Saturday. I am not expecting everything jet until I see how the Hanna plans to affect the race, hope fully she show up when I am on the run part.

In other news September is here that means 1 month of hot weather hopefully more. Then the falls begins. I enjoy the hot weather and the long days that is hard for me to accept that is coming to the end. So enjoy September a lot before the cold arrives.

If anyone wants to do an iron man in the USA the Kentucky on is open is my dream to do but I am thinking about it.

That’s all for today