SECOND GOAL ACHIEVED: UNDER 3 HOURS!!

Friends,

We did it!!!!!!!!!!! I am extremely happy...I have finished under 3 hours, but, I still don't have final result, hopefully, tomorrow I will write a full blog!

Again, thanks to all of you for your extremely support, specially my lovely family (they have woke up at 6.00 am to check how his daddy was doing!!) and Erik and Emma, supporting on my tough run!!

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

INFINITY KILOMETER!!

Friends,

I am extremely pleased about solidarity showed by all of you...I don't have more Kms to donate to Caico Foundation, that is the reason, I have created "Infinity Km" and will post all names from more donators to that good cause!

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

P.S: I am starting to feel quite nervous!!

THANK YOU FERGUS!! JUST 2 KMS LEFT FOR DONATION (KM-13 & KM-16)

Friends,

I don't have words to THANK my friend Fergus, he helped me so much to raise funds for Caico Foundation with his friends and family to finally donate over 20 Kms.Thank you again and see you on Sunday! Just 2 Kms are left, Km-13???why could be? hahaha and Km-16!

I want to THANK ALL OF YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DONATIONS!! CAICO FOUNDATION IS EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT OUR RESULT!!


Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

LAST TRAINING, PERIOSTITIS AND THANK YOU DRAGONS!

Friends,

Three topics for today:

1. Last training before the race, a quite long last one, 78' bike 41Kms in Program 1 fitness bike and 31' running...and after, that, a lot of pain in both legs, what is called "shin splints".

2. Shint splints (Periostitis) in both legs and, just after my shower, I have applied ice in both muscles/bones...let's see how they are going to wake up tomorrow morning...btw, I will apply a gel "deep heating rub"...not good! Now, some rest and good sleep until Sunday morning...
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/lowerleg/shinsplints.htm

3. Last but not least, THANK YOU VERY MUCH to my local triathlon club...HONG KONG DRAGONS TRIATHLON CLUB for your sponsorship buying 2 Kms (17 & 18) for Caico Foundation (Cancer Childhood Foundation). I will try my best during the race to honour your donation!

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

SHORT RUN 23'...ONE MORE DAY AND TRAINING FINISHED!

Friends,

Very short run...sprinting all the time below 4'30''...

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

5 LAST DAYS, FINAL COUNTDOWN!

Friends,

Today, 30' swim and 47' bike, I am in full tapering process...and trying to keep calm until Sunday morning!

Talk to you next post!

"XTB" Xavi.

Video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN2C6L9v2XM&feature=related

BIB NUMBER E367...LAST WEEK COUNTDOWN STARTS!

Friends,

Yes...you are right!...I am starting to get nervous...just one week for my first challenge!! Yesterday, night we (Elaine and the kids,too) went to collect the race pack, including bib number E367 and another swim cap (this time white colour...I don't know what I am going to do with so many, already 4 in last 2 months)...at keast I have the "7", as lucky number!

Early today morning, I have participated in 2 of 3 Dragons Training Races(#5), 300m swim (we could say surfing-big waves-...instead of swimming),8Kms bike (1.5Km uphill....bad for me) and 2K run...in both races around 33'... I think second one better than first.

Btw, I have weared my first Dragons trispeed suit...and I am not sure which one I am going to wear during next weekend...one or two pieces...but of course, Dragons uniform!

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

CONGRATULATIONS MANUEL!!

Friends,

I would like to CONGRATULATE and if you can join me also on that congratulation and celebrate with Manuel first time IM FINISHER in 12 hours 22 minutes!!http://www.ironmancaico.com/objetivos/63-finisher-.html

"XTB" Xavi.

SPLASH N DASH SERIE 2 RESULT

Friends,

I still have a lot to train on my long endurance running....I think I did quite well on my first 4K, quick swim(540m) , but, my second 4K part was not fast at all and I lost like 10 positions...in my age group 35-39.

Name Description Number OvPlace CatPlace FinishTime
Hall Richard Male Challenge 35-39 148 2 1 00:34:19
Kasten Olaf Male Challenge 35-39 175 5 2 00:37:28
Cheung Wai Kei Male Challenge 35-39 147 8 3 00:37:40
Yeung Yam Ho Male Challenge 35-39 125 15 4 00:39:04
Motoki Sato Male Challenge 35-39 159 16 5 00:39:11
Weis Mark Male Challenge 35-39 165 22 6 00:39:48
Edwards Jason Male Challenge 35-39 130 29 7 00:40:47
Wong Wing Tak Male Challenge 35-39 176 30 8 00:40:51
Pesci John Male Challenge 35-39 162 32 9 00:41:05
Oschetti Andrea Male Challenge 35-39 164 33 10 00:41:08
Tsang Hin Lap Male Challenge 35-39 141 36 11 00:41:32
Moffat Kieran Male Challenge 35-39 135 37 12 00:41:50
Yamagagata Osamu Male Challenge 35-39 131 38 13 00:41:54
Stewart James Male Challenge 35-39 157 39 14 00:42:06
Mak Jacky Male Challenge 35-39 170 40 15 00:42:14
Fletcher Luke Male Challenge 35-39 166 48 16 00:42:48
Willmott Steve Male Challenge 35-39 138 52 17 00:43:08
Anderson Neil Male Challenge 35-39 388 54 18 00:43:18
Courret Olivier Male Challenge 35-39 127 55 19 00:43:22
Wong T Male Challenge 35-39 126 58 20 00:43:30
Garcia Xavier Male Challenge 35-39 140 59 21 00:43:32

Talk to you next post,

"XTB" Xavi.

TODAY'S DISNEY TRAINING & ABOVE CHALLENGE RESULT

Friends,

Today's training, 40Kms bike 1h13' just by myself..."no drafting" and afterwards 4Kms run 18'45''...I really need to train much more my run stage!

Above Challenge result: 15th classified out of 98 participants in Male Senior 1965-1974 category.

Male Senior 1965-1974
Bib Name Swim Bike Run Total Pos.
121 Hall Richard 0:09:05 0:39:40 0:19:43 1:08:28 1
116 Dingley Paul 0:09:38 0:42:30 0:21:34 1:13:42 2
186 Wong Siu Yuen 黃兆元0:12:20 0:42:19 0:21:02 1:15:41 3
108 Chiu Kok Fu 趙國富0:10:40 0:43:55 0:21:19 1:15:54 4
125 Jones Toby 0:10:11 0:43:22 0:22:57 1:16:30 5
171 Tong Christopher 湯惠驄0:10:19 0:42:07 0:24:57 1:17:23 6
128 Lai Kin Sun 黎建新0:10:15 0:43:28 0:23:45 1:17:28 7
183 Wong Kin 黃健0:13:09 0:42:02 0:22:25 1:17:36 8
117 Faure Etienne 0:12:16 0:43:49 0:21:37 1:17:42 9
124 Holst Hermann 0:11:21 0:41:55 0:24:42 1:17:58 10
142 Mak James 0:12:09 0:42:17 0:23:38 1:18:04 11
177 Wah Lun Alain 0:13:40 0:41:33 0:23:27 1:18:40 12
110 Chow Billy 周捷恒0:13:04 0:41:57 0:23:44 1:18:45 13
98 Chan Li 陳利0:11:01 0:43:30 0:24:33 1:19:04 14
119 Garcia Xavier 0:10:55 0:43:42 0:26:34 1:21:11 15

...I really need to improve my running!!!

Link to official results:
http://above-challenge.hk/ResultA.pdf

"XTB" Xavi.