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<\/p>\nOne week after the IronMan World Championship in Kona (Hawaii), I would like to comment on the experience.
\nFor me it has been something special, I have spent a long time wanting to experience this race from the inside, to be part of what I thought was the most important race I could participate in. When you arrive on the island you realise that you are involved in something important, the organisation, the level of the triathletes, the atmosphere, the material... It has been the best and greatest thing I have seen in this sport.<\/p>\n
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On the sporting side, I think I had a good race, it's not easy to go to the other side of the world and be competitive. There are many factors that negatively affect performance, but I think I managed to adapt to the conditions quite well.
\nClean swimming with no bumps. I was lucky to find clean space to swim with no complications, feeling good and able to push myself. I came out of the water around 100th position in the age groups. The good water conditions made the times go fast, I felt like I was doing a fast swim and when I came out I saw 55' on the clock, what a rush to start hitting the bike.
\nGood bike and as always a mainstay of my triathlon results. What I saw is that the bike sector in Kona is marked by the number of people of similar level and which is difficult to comply with the rules, the first half of the race I spent in tension to respect the distance and gain positions without spending much time out of the line of cyclists, the judges warned me that I could not go open and go progressing at my pace, I had to make changes of pace and go passing triathletes to blows. I'm not used to riding with people on the bike and I had some tense and nervous moments thinking that I couldn't do my race. All this ended in the second half of the sector when the side wind put each of us in our place and I was free to do my race. I did the whole lap alone, picking up corpses that had been killed by the heat and the effort. According to what I had trained I thought I would have 3-4 watts more, but the truth is that I couldn't go faster that day, in the end 239 W average and 243 NP, putting me 15th or 16th in the age groups.
\nMental race. As soon as I got off to run I had my parents cheering me on, they are the ones who do it best because they are the ones who want me to do well. A little further ahead I had my \"suporter\" Mari and Fiwi telling me information, I always want to know how I'm doing and what my race situation is, from there I start to make numbers of paces and positions... The race conditions were not extreme as they said from other years, I had the feeling of running in similar conditions to many training sessions done at home, but the marathon of an IM is always hard. From kilometre 6 or 7 I was having mental crises, negative thoughts like; I'm going to burst, I won't be able to keep up the pace or I'm going to be caught from behind. The truth is that the body was still working and maintained an acceptable performance. At 18 km of the race I was fourth in my category and my mind began to change, at that moment I thought \"I'm not going to stop of my own free will, if the pace drops or I have to stop it will be a question of physical incapacity, not something I decide\". So I managed to keep going and finish with a time of 3h15' in the marathon and 9h11' for the whole race.
\nI finished very happy with my race, I feel stronger and stronger mentally and I think that is a key factor to perform in competitions of this type. No doubt you have to train a lot and arrive in the best conditions, but to reach that level you need a strong mind that allows you to endure the suffering and prevents you from giving up.
\nIt is clear to me that my run is not at the level of my bike and swim sectors, but I will work to improve it. This has just started and my real goal is to be better than I am today.<\/p>\n
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Una semana despu\u00e9s de IronMan World Championship de Kona (Hawaii), hago un peque\u00f1o comentario sobre la experiencia. Para m\u00ed ha sido algo especial, he pasado mucho tiempo queriendo vivir esa carrera desde dentro, ser parte de la que pensaba era la carrera m\u00e1s importante en la que pod\u00eda participar. Cuando llegas a la isla te das cuenta de que est\u00e1s metido en algo importante, la organizaci\u00f3n, el nivel de los triatletas, el ambiente, el material\u2026 Ha sido lo mejor y m\u00e1s grande que haya visto en este deporte. Hablando del tema deportivo, creo que hice una buena carrera, no es f\u00e1cil ir a la otra punta del mundo y ser competitivo. Existen muchos factores que condicionan negativamente el rendimiento, pero creo que consegu\u00ed adaptarme a las condiciones bastante bien. Nataci\u00f3n limpia y sin golpes. Tuve la suerte de encontrar espacio limpio para nadar sin complicaciones, sinti\u00e9ndome bien y pudiendo forzar. Sal\u00ed del agua en torno a la posici\u00f3n 100 de los grupos de edad. Las buenas condiciones del agua hicieron que los tiempos fueran r\u00e1pidos, ten\u00eda sensaci\u00f3n de estar haciendo una nataci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida y al salir vi en el reloj 55\u00b4, menudo subid\u00f3n para empezar a darle a la bici. Bicicleta buena y como siempre pilar de mis resultados en triatl\u00f3n. Lo que vi es que el sector de bici en Kona est\u00e1 marcado por la cantidad de gente de nivel similar y a la que le cuesta cumplir la normativa, la primera mitad de la carrera la pas\u00e9 en tensi\u00f3n por respetar la distancia y ganar posiciones sin pasar mucho tiempo fuera de la l\u00ednea de los ciclistas, los jueces me advirtieron que no pod\u00eda ir abierto e ir progresando a mi ritmo, ten\u00eda que hacer cambios de ritmo e ir pasando triatletas a golpes. No estoy acostumbrado a ir con gente en el sector de bici y pas\u00e9 momentos de tensi\u00f3n y nervios pensando que no pod\u00eda hacer mi carrera. Todo esto acab\u00f3 en la segunda mitad del sector cuando el viento lateral nos puso a cada uno en nuestro sitio y tuve v\u00eda libre para hacer mi carrera. Toda la vuelta la hice solo y recogiendo cad\u00e1veres fulminados por el calor y el esfuerzo. Seg\u00fan lo que hab\u00eda entrenado pensaba que tendr\u00eda un 3-4 watios m\u00e1s, pero lo cierto es que ese d\u00eda no pod\u00eda ir m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido, al final 239 W medios y 243 NP baj\u00e1ndome el 15\u00ba \u00f3 16\u00ba de los grupos de edad. Carrera mental. Nada m\u00e1s bajarme a correr ten\u00eda a mis padres animando, son los que mejor lo hacen porque son los que m\u00e1s quieren que me vaya bien. Un poco m\u00e1s adelante tenia a mis \u201csuporter\u201d Mari y Fiwi cant\u00e1ndome informaci\u00f3n, siempre quiero saber c\u00f3mo voy y cu\u00e1l es mi situaci\u00f3n de carrera, a partir de ah\u00ed empiezo a hacer n\u00fameros de ritmos y posiciones\u2026 Las condiciones de carrera no fueron extremas como contaban de otros a\u00f1os, tuve la sensaci\u00f3n de correr en unas condiciones similares a muchos entrenamientos hechos en casa, pero la marat\u00f3n de un IM siempre es dura. Desde el kil\u00f3metro 6 \u00f3 7 iba teniendo crisis mentales, pensamientos negativos tipo a; voy a reventar, no voy a poder mantener el ritmo o me van a coger por detr\u00e1s. Lo cierto es que el cuerpo segu\u00eda funcionando y manten\u00eda un rendimiento aceptable. En el 18 Km. de la prueba me puse cuarto de mi categor\u00eda y la mente empez\u00f3 a cambiar, en ese momento pens\u00e9 \u201cyo no voy a parar por voluntad propia, si el ritmo baja o tengo que parar ser\u00e1 cuesti\u00f3n de incapacidad f\u00edsica, no algo que yo decida\u201d. As\u00ed consegu\u00ed seguir en marcha y terminar con un parcial de 3h 15\u00b4 en marat\u00f3n y 9h11\u00b4 el total de la prueba. Termin\u00e9 muy contento con mi carrera, cada vez me siento m\u00e1s fuerte mentalmente y creo que es algo determinante para rendir en competiciones de este tipo. Sin duda hay que entrenar much\u00edsimo y llegar en las mejores condiciones, pero para plasmar ese nivel es necesario una mente fuerte que te permita aguantar el sufrimiento y evite que te rindas. Tengo claro que mi carrera a pie no est\u00e1 al nivel de mis sectores de bicicleta y nataci\u00f3n, pero voy a trabajar para mejorarlo. Esto acaba de empezar y mi verdadero objetivo es ser mejor de lo que hoy soy.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[404,403],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patrocinios","category-pruebaseventos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n