Being in Florianopolis (an Island in the southern part of Brazil) is great. During the week we had beautiful sunny days BUT don’t fool yourself, the race is scheduled to take place during a stormy cold day. We should hit the water at 7am in 20c and choppy seas. Regardless, tomorrow is the day we [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2010’
May 17
It’s past crunch time, now we wait…
These are my thoughts these days. Two weeks to go until the big day… and when I say big, I mean long. There is nothing I can do at this point to improve my performance and my head is full of pointless taper wonders – Did I do enough? am I prepared? Mentally? Physically? Philosophy? [...]
May 07
The pain of nonstop training while nonstop traveling
So here I am on the road again now flying from Tel-Aviv to Chicago and then to Miami. No, not for pleasure, it’s all work and all in just 9 days (flights included). It has been two weeks since my exodus out of a volcanic ash covered Europe. And now here I am again sitting [...]
May 05
That’s right, 3 weak weeks left
It’s crunch time and we can all feel it. Walking into our appartment is like entering ground zero of Ironman Training. Once you open the door, and step into the living room you are faced with our sturdy bikes, proped up on the trainers ready for the next tripple digit ride; bento boxes open, revealing [...]