Triathlon Bicycling

Thanks to Arturo Garza.  Back from Veracruz.

It is interesting, but we do not have experiences strong enough to impact our athletes or they are too scattered.  Arturo Garza helped us with this matter.  As juniors, our athletes are not used to increase power to 900 watts in order to keep the wheel in front of them.  Arturo kept the power as I mentioned for a few seconds several times during the race; and at the end, they averaged 370 watts for the 20k ride. OUR BOYS WERE AMAZED AFTER THE EXPERIENCE.  WE THANK ARTURO FOR THE EXPERIENCE. THEY NEEDED IT BADLY.  It was during the National Championship for elites.  Our athletes were able to run faster than Arturo at the end because he took the load of riding in front most of the bike segment.  Five athletes, including Arturo, made contact with the first pack after 17k.

Our team is training for the World Championships and this race was type C for them; there was no tapering.  Our team has been back to fundamental for the last month; so swimming has emphasis on improving technique as well as running, our boys are from 18 to 20 years of age and they need a rehearsal on fundamentals. The volume riding is around 400k a week.  Riding with Arturo was timely right for them on their learning curve.

The competition was held in the evening.  It was hot, humid and the ocean had big enough waves to disturb the swimming.  All of the Mexican triathletes were present, including Crisanto Grajales, 28^th place in London Olympics, who finally won the race running a minute and a half faster than our competitors.  The experience of riding with Arturo made the trip worth it.  Our two athletes lost the first pack and had to make the effort to catch it.