Folks, it is with great pride I announce my personal record at this year’s State Street Mile: 6minutes 2 seconds! I owe a lot to my new socket & prosthetist, they made it possible. This is exciting! Hopefully my time on races will improve as well!
Konichiwa! May saw me flying to the land of the rising sun --Japan, more specifically the city of Yokohama, about 20min from Tokyo. I was extra excited to have my brother with me there, he's never seen me racing at that level, and he was super happy. I'm really grateful he was with me on this trip. Also had my good friends Trevor & Geovana from Santa Barbara. Good support team! Great race, super high level with 6 Paralympians in the lineup. I...
Always with great pleasure I come down to participate in the PossAbilities Tri. The more I do them the more I appreciate how much work goes in it, specially behind the scenes... Thank you Cotie. Thank you Pedro. Thank you Christina. Thank you Patrick and everyone that donated time or whatever to it. Thank you Shawn for hosting us this weekend. Bless your hearts. The race itself went great, cooler weather made it perfect to not overheat! I almost missed the...
Hello hello, I just raced the PanAmerican and it was a VERY eventful one. First of all, they changed te date on the PanAm and that was not cool: we got a 6weeks notice --from originally going be hold in Brazil (in June) it changed to US (in March!). Timing on my training schedule was not ideal, but this was all political, what can we do? -Well, on my part I can only do my best, and honestly, I'm grateful I even...
Hey guys, I'd like to introduce you to the new addition to my training/racing paraphernalia: the "Black Beauty"! Make & model: Trek SLR 8 Disc, and it was 100% sponsored by Team PossAbilities. I am super thankful and it was time for an upgrade. That bike is obscenely light, so on my climbing training days it makes my life easier; and also descending: After climbing a steep hill, the downhill is fast and you gotta be super focused on turns and...
Good day friends, They say you take the good with the bad, but this time it was very bad! This post is all about complaining. First off, we had a series of fires that ravaged California, including the worst fire in CA history. "Thomas Fire" burned for almost a month and it was about 70miles wide. I had to evacuate and it really sucked to be outside, not able to breath fresh air, raining ashes everywhere, it was a mess. I couldn't...
Hello and happy new year my PossAbilities friends! I'm stopping by to announce that our family is getting a "plus one"! Baby Stella is on her way, we found out a couple months ago and it's now safe to share. We are super excited and feel ready for this adventure. Honestly, I'll never feel ready to have a baby, but we're not getting any younger and the time is now, while we still have a lot of energy. Wish me luck because this...
Dear PossAbilities readers, another year is coming to an end, and what a great one it was! The idea is to always keep moving forward and that goes for anything in life I would say. During the winter time I did a lot of surfing, a couple days snowboarding and worked on my base fitness for the upcoming season. In March was the year opener, a banger in the form of a podium at the PanAmericans in Sarasota, Florida! That was good preparation for...
Greetings fellow PossAbilities enthusiasts! Today I report about my season ender race, the Final of our national Circuit in Brazil. Since I compete representing Brazil internationally, I have to do at least one event on their circuit. This race was in south Brazil, close to a lot of family and friends that live between 2-4hours away, so I had maximum attendance:)) -Never had so many (close) people cheering me on like that! It was surreal happiness, had to focus to not do...
Hello San Diego, 2017 marked another successful year for members of PossAbilities representing at the San Diego Triathlon Challenge. I was excited about the swim, had been training hard, and the surf was big, meaning I could have an advantage... but it turns out it was too big for the event, so they had to cancel it for the first time. Bummer, but i understand it and am all about safety first. I then did the cycling on that event for the first...
