Kaenon Sponsorship!

How Cool is this? I'm a Triathlete Sponsored by Kaenon! 

Here's the website Kaenon.com you can check out the super cool designs and different styles, but I have to say that the bottom line is....... When you try them you will be amazed of the quality of the lenses, the Polarization is SUPERB!!!! And you can wear them all day long, they are so good to your eyes that you kind of forgot that you have them on, and let's be truth here..... The other ones, most people buy them because the world champion is using them.

I'm super stoked to be in the Kaenon family!

I love my Kaenons! 

Let's get the Running miles in........

Ironman week is gone, and it's time to get back into the training rhythm. For the next few months I will  focus in my Run. So far I've had the luck to get away with just 40 kms per week average, of running, and that's nothing...... Things are about to change, I'm starting to get used to get more than 10 miles each run even if it's speed work, and I've also had a couple of 30+ kms Long Runs, I'm still excited and I haven't found that wall everyone keeps warning me about. Lets see what happens when I step up the pace.

This week was a little frustrating but the point was to get the miles in, and I realized that a little too late when I felt smashed and frustrated because I couldn't keep the running pace that I'm used to it.
But hey! As Justin says "It hurts when you are struggling, and it also hurts when you are flying, as you will always push harder its human nature" What a great quote!


Well yesterday I was struggling, and today I was struggling too, but today it was different, it was better because I understood that the keyword in Long Distance is Consistency, even if I have to drag myself out the door.........
I can't find a good picture to go with this post, but let's try with this one from the Kiwami Photoshoot of the 2011 Catalog.
Check out the Sunglasses! KAENON

It's Perfect for my next Blog "Keanon Sponsorship" I'm Stoked
They are Really Cool! And the polarization quality is just above the average of the Leading Brands. 

Hawk Racing Sponsorship

I am absolutely Stoked on my Sponsorship with Hawk Racing!!!!

I once said that I will never endorse any brand or product in which I didn't believe 100% And there's no better example than this one.

I first learned about Hawk Racing from friends, and it called my attention how they all expressed about Hawk Racing and Sven Folmer the mind behind Hawk, then I saw the video about his Bottom Brackets and Derailleur Pulleys, but there's nothing like trying them out in the road, after my first ride I was hooked!!

It's not only the BB System, The Wheels are incredibly fast and when you hit the hills and get out of the saddle, there's no loss of power because they are super rigid. Check it Out at HAWK RACING.COM 

Here's a video that explain much better why you should have Hawk Racing BB System in your Bike if you want faster Bike Splits

 

Facebook post from HAWK RACING BYCYCLES

                        Sven Folmer  -   Jano Soto   -  Hawk Wheelset
Hawk Racing: We would like to welcome Elite AG athlete Jano Soto to the Hawk Racing athlete family. Jano moved to Hawaii now to train more and make the next step to be a Pro. Hawk Racing will support him on his way in 2011. Good Luck Jano!

Kona Pier Morning Swim

This video was taken by Paola Soto from her Paddleboard a couple of weeks before Ironman Kona.

It was a really cool swim!

In this video: Dirk Bockel, Rasmus Henning, Eric Sullivan, Bree Wee, Luke Mckenzie, Amanda Memphis Balding, Mathias Hecht, Norman Stadler, Tyler Butterfield, Joanna Lawn, Armando Galarraga, Craig Alexander, Lucy Alexander, Alicia Bockel, Paola Soto, & Jano Soto.

Japan!

After Lavaman Paola and I felt really tired, so we decided to go to Japan for a week and recharge batteries for the upcoming Ironman Month. Nothing could be more away from reality! We both came back from this trip even more tired, but it was a lot of fun! I think that if my legs could talk, I would have been insulted many many times, our Hotel in Tokyo was just a couple of blocks away from the Imperial Palace and it's beautiful gardens, so it was impossible not to run it's surrounding 5k loop since the very first day we arrived, so before walking everyday for endless hours, we did our daily Imperial Run of at least 12kms.
I knew Japan was going to be interesting, but not that amazing!
We traveled by boat, by Train and we learned how to use the Subway, it might sound silly but when we first arrived to the Tokyo Train Station that's enormous and everything in Japanese you feel a little daunted, so finding your way around after a couple of days is very exciting, we were feeling just like locals! ha ha!
Our favorite place was definitely Kamakura, crossing the Sacred Bridge at Hachimango and looking at the Palace is one of a Kind Experience! Then we both felt like crying when we heard the story and saw the 1000 years Old Ginkgo tree that went down just a couple months before in a wind storm, you can see how Japanese really love that tree, they are trying soooo hard to save him, there are so many prayers in it's surroundings that it's hard no to feel the same way...... We both wrote and left there some prayers too.
Of course the food was amazing too, a little too expensive but as good as it gets!
We can't wait to go back and do a race there, I wonder what happened with Ironman Japan....
I'm still working in my 2011 Race Schedule but I don't think I will be racing in Japan in 2011, But in 2012 it might be, who knows?

I could write a lot about Japan, but it will sound like a travel website.... Boring.. 

So here are some pictures of a one of a kind trip!

Seriously...........?

I love this jumping little thing!

The view of this restaurant was Amazing!

The Big Buddha at Kamakura

Tokyo City Lights!