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First of all I would like to thank my oldest sister for helping me to pursue this dream. Second of all I would like to thank all the leeches in my life that have sucked me and almost made me miss my dream. Fortunately for me I have a caring family who help me their best even sometimes it I difficult for both parties and it is hard to understand the reasons.
Seriously I can’t emphasize enough how much I appreciate your help, because without it it would not be possible.
This week has been very hard to train. I was very close from dropping everything and not going to the competition because I had insufficient funds to travel to the race. Thanks again for your support.
I started on Tuesday as always with an easy run with lots of bursts in between and then I was supposed to swim, well since it was a public holiday I could not swim because the pool was closed.
On Wednesday I went for the regular brick session and just on my turnaround point I saw someone else with a bike so I decided to chase him. He was kicking my ass at first, but then I took him over and he took me over again until I passed him, then he decided to ride just behind me and when I think he was exhausted he decided to start talking to me, nice tactic to use when your are beaten, and then we slowed down. I liked the adrenalin of having to beat him in silent, no talking; none of us was going to admit we were giving our best. We were just pushing one each other. He told me he is a professional motorbike driver and he was getting ready to go to Mexico to race with the Spanish national team. He asked me if I was a professional athlete. I don’t know why, I was just training in the afternoon like many more people. He also said something that is pissing me off lately and it was when he commented about my legs, what is wrong with them? I don’t care if they look big or strong or whatever, they are just legs. I have had many comments from known and unknown people about my legs. Well I waxed them so you might get to have a closer look on how they look but that does not mean that you can just comment about it. Do people go to a girl with big jugs and say to her, wow you have big breasts; so why do you come at me? In fact my legs might have the smaller size ever; they are also probably fitter than ever.
I also swam on Wednesday because I was not able to swim on Tuesday.
On Thursday, I rode the bike as usual and I had a very long pick up. Because there was a misunderstanding with you I was not able to take the car to go to the pool, disappointing.
On Friday, I ran and then I went to the pool in the afternoon. I felt quite good swimming but not running. During the run I had some gastric problems that made me stop and take a break at a restroom because I just couldn’t continue. I did not know why this was happening to me but I believe, 3 days after it, the pistachios made me sick. I haven’t had many new foods lately and the pistachios were the only thing different in my diet lately, so I assume I had the problems because of this delightful dry fruit. At night I had a very important talk with you where I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to go to the race and I showed you different options. I did not like them as much but I had to see different things because I was running out of time and I had no money and there has been a lot of effort, hours, sweat, and money put into this to just let it go 3 weeks before the big day. At this point I was feeling very bad.
On Saturday I knew it was going to be a long day. I was ready in the morning but I did not leave the house until barely noon, it was all foggy and I tried to wait for the clouds to go away. Once I decided to leave the house I realized I was slightly underdressed but it was too late, I had a jacket, gloves, a bandana for my neck, and plenty of gels. I decided to change the route a little bit and boy I did wrong, I ended up in a mountain pass where at the summit it was only 9ºC and just above 1000m high. It was fun to go down but it was very demanding because it is easy to lose the concentration and slow down on the way up. I was quite tired or I should say my ass and back were tired but I was still feeling good enough. I went back home I made the transition and I left for a run, I felt very good and fast. And here is when I started to realize that I should run, that I needed to give my best to go to be able to compete. Even though the ride was slow, the run was fast. One of the reasons why I was so slow on the bike is because I had to take many stops to take a leak. Since I was not sweating I had to evacuate the extra fluids that I was taking. I had to stop several times, like more than once per hour of workout.
On Sunday, I woke up and I knew I was going to have a long day in front of me. A 3h run when my legs hadn’t recovered from the 6hride was going to be tough. It was a very beautiful day. I put my sunglasses on and I left. I would not say that I was feeling great nor fast but I knew I was in a good mood, I had energy with me, I had fountains near me so I could refill the bottle so everything was settle up to have a good run. After 90mins I had to stop again, now I know I should blame the pistachios I did not know who to blame yesterday. Once you start running again your legs are stiff and it feels you are not moving at all. I had stopped only for 3mins but it felt like forever. I started to run again and even though I did not feel as fresh as last week (I had one day in between the long brick and the long run) I was managing it well. I ran 40,76km in 3h. The projected marathon time was 3h7mins, so I was only 7mins away of completing a marathon. What a shame I was not able to fulfill that dream. Ever since I started to train I had wished I would run a little more than a marathon on the longest run of the plan, well I did not do it but I am still happy with the performance, it gives me a lot of confidence, now I know I can aim big. In the afternoon I took my recovery ride, very painful, it is the worst workout of all for me. It is even worse than 3h run or the long brick. And then is when the magic happened. I talked to you and while I was on the trainer and you agreed to help me. I am super pumped up, because I’m 98% sure I’ll be racing.
This week has been so long that I have not had time to think of anything else but the race, uni staff and the hell that I need to get out of. I have not had time to watch my series or anything else.
This week has been getting better and better since it started because I went to the presentation of a University club that I might join, which will help me figure out my next year and because I got the funds.
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