I went to Panama to compete in the central american games which was an unique experience for me regardless the problems i had had the pre rece weeks.
So 2 weeks before the big race we were told that El Salvador was going to the games and i was kind of ...aaay omg =O since i knew i hadnt been training steadily because of some issues and a brutal bronquitis that attacked me just days before my depature, i had no expectations.
I was quite happy, though, because God had given me another chance to race outside El Salvador and to catch up with my friends and also to make new ones :) and that´s what i love from triatlon.But my biggest concern was the fact that i didnt have a bike (because mine was broken and needed a lot of changes)..Luckily my friend Henry lended me his bike and i just changed my wheels and put them to his.
We stayed in Panama city a complete day and the following afternoon we headed to Colon where the triatlon was going to take place in. My hotel room had a wonderful sight of the Atlantic, the canal and ships wandering in the ocean. So delighting!!!soo i took lots of pics jajajajaja....
I shared room with Jessica, i was soo excited for her since she has only 2 years competing in triatlon and she has improved her level. I loved her discipline and humbleness, she is just amazing and a role model :D. Also my other teammate was Bea, who has been doing mountain bike, i love being with her since she has a great sense of humour, she just spreads joy to all of us. Also, i must thank her husband because his advise was useful for me. I enjoyed being around them..... and for the first time i felt so happy that ESA female team was complete!!! :).
The day before the race we were taken to see the swim -bike- run course..Panamanian organisation was so neat and we all are grateful to them, they are the best host ever!!! Every country had its own van and the place was so beautiful !!!!! the heat killed us that day , though!!!
Race day: I was sooooo nervious and i had no expectations but once i was on the start line i felt excitement and i realised how lucky i was being amongst all those strong girls so i just tried to enjoy every minute of it. The swimming was very rough and wavy, i didnt feel strong but i just tried to forget the pain,,,, i exited the water with a Panamanian girl but 4 girls were ahead of us, the 3 costa rican girls and a honduran...We tried to work together but my legs hurt so badly and my lack of training, specially biking ,showed up that day...i just couldnt pull up the way i wanted and stay a good pace and also my back hurt horribly since the handlebar and the stem was too long for me :( and the wheels were swinging :(....So in the 3rd lap we were caught by 2 other girls who were working well together and i managed to follow them, somehow i felt pretty good and we were ready to run. The heat was soooo uncool and i felt like dying but mind plays the body so i just focused on finishing the race.At the end i sprinted with a costa rican girl and i crossed the finish line in 4th. In the other hand, the boys didnt have the expected results, Carlos was supossed to be in the top 3, so was Joaquin. But for me they did great as well, they came 8th, 9th and Tavo was 11th i guess, i am def proud of them. Bea and Jessica did a great race as well and i am so proud of them too, I was so lucky to have them as part of the team . The main winner was Leonardo Chacon from Costa Rica, i respect him so much and im so happy i met him, he´s one of the friendliest persons ever!! i admire his humbleness and kindness, i learnt a lot from him. I was so shocked since i never thought i was going to be in the top 5. Some people had told me that i didnt deserve to perform in the games because i had no capacity and skills for this race :( ,however, i knew my family and good friends would back me up!!!! so i was happy and i realised if i had trained for that race, maybe i would have climbed a higher place... so i was very pleased. Second day was a team relay mini triatlon and we came 3rd...i had so much fun since everybody is supporting their teammates.
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