What was I thinking?

The Absolute championships are one of the most expected races of the Portuguese season.

After last year’s great organization and competitiveness in Gerês, this year I was expecting something nice too.
Saturday I’ve started the qualification at 3pm, with a temperature of 35ºC!! Despite the fact that I was running with a water bag, I think I did not worried enough with the hydration before the race and I’ve suffered a lot. I’ve finished 9th.

Sunday we started in the morning and the temperature was a bit better. After last day’s lesson about hydration I’ve worried about it and everything was fine. I’ve decided to give everything I had for this race and I was doing a nice work, not losing more than 30 seconds until the 2nd loops. Here I’ve started in a wrong order (I went to the 20 instead of going to the 17) and I only realized it after I started the 2nd… Conclusion: A lot of time lost, a loop done 2 times and my concentration was lost too.
I think I could have done a nice result but at the end I’ve finished 9th.
Looks like I’ll have to wait for next year to try the title!
I have to congratulate the winner Tiago Romão and my teammate Diogo Miguel, who finished 3rd.

MAP Final(11,1Km)