After all your training comes the moment of truth: we're going to Lanzarote to compete in which they say is the world's toughest Ironman to be held on May 22, 2010.
3800 meters of swimming in the Atlantic, 180 miles of biking around the island of Lanzarote where you will save 2551 meters of altitude and to finish a marathon with her 42.195 kilometers away with the few forces that remain. Enrolled between 1600
found 326 British, 240 German, 111 French, 61 Belgian, 47 Danish, 29 Austrians, 33 Italians, 28 Swiss, 28 Dutch, 27 Americans, Slovaks, South Africa, Argentina, CAD, Finnish, Ukrainian, Mexicans, Brazilians, etc, etc. English and 452 among them are 5 neighbors of James del Teide town. Merit has a town that does not exceed 8000 inhabitants, 5 will compete at the world's toughest Ironman.
The Lanzarote Ironman is a global trial involving athletes from 35 nationalities with an impressive level, and comprises about 60 people to compete in the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
A couple of days before we left five colleagues Tenerife Santiago del Teide are going to compete in Lanzarote, and we then all alone fill the hold with our bicycles, tires and bags.
apartment We stayed at the Atlantis Las Lomas, in the Puerto del Carmen and just 300 meters from the start of Ironman. Once in the hotel plays pack our suitcases, put all the material and ride the bike.
My Scott Plasma has arrived intact and ready for the Ironman. "What will I be?
take this afternoon to swim around the circuit where swimming will take place. In addition, vueltecilla we went for a bike, check for proper operation, stretch your legs and relax. There is enough room for athletes who have come from all over the world to participate in the Ironman in every corner of the island.
Photo Equipment. From right to left Adolfo, Paul, Joseph and me. Lack John standing on the beach watching the buoys in the distance circuit and turning and turning to how I was going to be able to get out of that, hehehehe.
After the picture, we make the last train very smooth cycling. I took the camera and pulled some pictures of the group. In the photo, Paul, alias "Paulcelara", named for its fearsome rhythm changes. Triathlete good and very good competitor, chop everything that leads to two wheels. It has an urban legend that one of the last coach was chopped with a girl who was quietly in his motillo.
Adolfo, alias "Tortuguini" so named not because it is slow on the bike, but because it is hard as a turtle shell. Distance runner, sacrifice and an impressive willpower to get Trainings even after 6 am. Eager to come off the spinal Arinaga triathlon.
dorsal
With 758 Joseph, John, alias "Pijita", the only one of us who have run the Ironman Lanzarote. Good athlete, triathlon enthusiast and methodical with the coaches. Surely that is clearer to us as it has to make his career. It was the one who has been giving a push to make us the five here. A left turn up behind me and Adolfo.
And I myself on the streets of Puerto del Carmen. Many years competing in cycling, the year I spent the previous championships in endurance events. The challenge was pending was to do an Ironman and better than Lanzarote. Lack
photo of John, who is on the beach thinking about swimming, jejejeje.
Pijita
Paul and adapting to the aero position that we should try to preserve as much of the route. There are only a small train track, a half hour very gentle trot mess.
On Friday morning comes a few family and friends eager to encourage and afternoon billing must pass a bike and bags.
This is the transition zone where it is "parked" the 1600 bike of triathletes.
Bikes and more bikes, there are of all colors, aluminum, carbon, wheels with sticks, some with lenticular afordable any bike, but many faces, expensive and authentic "cucumbers." That if what matters is not the arrow but the Indian that shot.
And my bike, back 996, is put on hold until tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, the approximate time I guess I will get on it and do the 180 miles around Lanzarote. You have to remember exactly where is your bike to go straight to it after the swim and lose as little time as possible.
Fotillo in which we can already see that I have misplaced the sticker with the number of dorsal in the bicycle helmet. I'm the dorsal 996, but in the town appear as the 966. Because of this, I'll eat one of the best pasta dishes I've eaten in my life.
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Place red bags for the transition to the marathon. In mine, I leave the running shoes and a hat.
And the blue bags in which we will leave the "useful" cycling in the transition from swimming to cycling. Energy bars and gels, jersey, cycling shoes, goggles, helmet and sox is what I leave on my own.
I leave the hotel early to put your legs up, tomorrow I expect a tough day. Light dinner at 9 pm and an hour later I'm in the piltra. I have no nerves and then I just sleep (with the help of "mediapastillita" Dr. Santos).
Tomorrow is the big day. Or not?
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