Mariana Ohata

Oh yes….
have you noticed…..today is the 8th of August (month 08) of 2008…..and the beggining of the Olympic dance!!!!
As the Boss said…..”we get ready for the big dance, at the biggest monster´s ball of them all”…….
that´s right…..we´ve became monsters…each one with your particularly weapon…but we are the monster´s team now…..how could we not be????
we´ve been doing our work as the boss says, and having, at the same time, the pleasure and fun to be working as soldiers preparing ourselves for the war….things are going sooo fantastic and, yes, the boss is very happy and sexy too ( with his pork diet)…..i can tell you all!!!!
i am just writing to say, that it´s been so amazing alll these days here Jeju, in Switzerland, in Subic…. training, feeling my hams, going all the way uuuuuppppp the hillsss, meeting wonderful team mates, having fun everyday,….. but now Boss is going back to the Iron monster´s because it´s their turne, and i am sure they will do the best, kicking some assessssss…..and we are just getting ready to dance too!!!!
so, go wacth the beginning of the biggest party and them cheerrr for us……but before alll, thank you everybody for such a great, great, great time….. we will be there doing our best, and fight with all we have……that´s why we are part of the monster team….we know how to training and have fun, we have the best (but crazy) boss and we respect each other…..and this is what we will take for our lives after alll, the biggest friendships we´ve got while “working”!!!!!
good luck for everybody and…..let´s dance….!!! or…..should we SAMBAAAAA!!!!!!

Oh, well, that´s the world (from Cali´s vocabulary) that most describes everything we´ve been trought this last 2 weeks…..just UNBELIAVABLE!!!!!
The olympic team, wich means, us….me, Nic, Rei, Reto and Liz,…..are training here in Jeju, a wonderful and unbeliavable island, whith unbeliavable weather (hot and humidy), unbeliavable rodes to ride, unbeliavable 50mt swiming pool, unbeliavable track and run machines, unbeliavable place to stay, unbeliavable beaches and of course unbeliavable training sessions……..
I don´t need to say as well, how unbeliavable are the hills the Boss could find here for me to go up, and up, and up…….and all the unbeliavable loops he did find for our time trails sessions…..
heheheheh….
We´ve been training very good, and also, starting feling the Olympic air, as all the teams from other countries are getting here …..we are having such a great time together and everything is just so fun and UNBELIAVABLE….including the diet our coaches are doing,……eating PORK MEAT EVERYDAY…….!!!!!!!
So, we miss everybody…and hope all the squad is just fine, training and racing good…..
The opening Ceremony will be held on saturday the 8th, but we are leaving to Beijing only on the 15th, so, we still going to join the unbeliavable island of Jeju for more few days!!!!!

Cheerrsssss

Well….I am back……!!!! After a long, long time, with NO BLOGS… here i am…and i bet you miss me a lot…hehehehe….
first, i need to apologize…for being away…sorry, sorry, sorry…..but after coming back from the Philipines, my life just went crazy…i even became an IRONGIRL, didn´t i Dear Boss????
I went back to my home in Brasilia, after qualifying to Beijing……i visited my parents, met my friends, i did a good race, i had a busy time with the press and also got the news that my sister is pregnant…..isn´t that so coolllll…yes, i will have to accept the fact that, my little sister is having a baby…before me….but ok….i don´t care….i will have my baby after a few irons…..hehehe….
So, after an amazing month here up in Leysin……this wekend couldn´t be better……yes, i did my samba…..in front of alll the hungary crazy crowd….but i was so pleased of doing it that i just went up to the stage and felt home…..
It was awesome being training with the squad here in Leysin, even doing my worst ride when i got here, even feling all my injuries…even starting training with the strongest irongirls of this world, yes, i loved it….it just worth every single minute i was here……because it´s just so fun and so important being with people who can always add to your life…..
The twins samba (me and Rei) went to the small town Tsajuvauros or whatever it calls…and i wasn´t expecting any good results, because of my injurie, the feling of being tired, because of this iron subject…but i was confident of trying to do my best…..and it happended…..
I had a good swin….specially because it was in a lake, so it was harder…..! I went off the swin in third place, so i got my bike and just went for it…i did the best i could, riding as fast and strong as i could, and after rearing we were almost 4 minutes in front of the second pack, i just thought to myself “i´ve got nothing to lose!” so i rode stronger to have a nice run…..and the thing is….i wasn´t training anything fast for my run, but i started running veryyyyyyy fastttttttt…….and it was good, because i could keep my pace and, yes, i was fourth, but on the 5 km, sarah just couldn´t go faster, and guess what, i could!!!!!
Being in the podium, after all these days fighting with my head and trying to be confident to my third olympics was just so amazing…and proved to me what the Boss says to me everyday…..each one has it own way of training!!!!!
Well,the wekend was awesome for all the squad, and i want to say CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY who raced!
and now, say GOOD LUCK to my neighborrssssss…..they will be racing Austria…..
I have to start packing, because on sunday we will be going to our final preparation to Beijing…..so talk to you later!!!!!

Hello, hello, helloooooo!!!!
It´s just a pleasure to be here back in Brazil at 4am (because i still on the Philipines, South Africa, Korea or whatever time) writing my FIRST BLOG !!!!!!!!!!
I am so excitated to start telling you from now on, all about my races, my adventures around the world, the trainings, the feelings, the places, and the best of all…being a teamtbb member!!!!
Well, I could stay all day or all night long writing a lots of things…i just came back from the best camping i have ever made, with the best people i´ve ever met,with the craziest coach in the world (but i still love him) but, no, no…..i will do it one step at a time…so you people can come and always visit my blog and the website,…hehehehehe!!!!!
I just want to say thanks for those who gave me this oportunity not only for being part of this, but for making me realized that I still have a lot to do in triathlon (i didn´t mean an ironman!!!!) and still have so much fun……
so, enjoy the showwwwwwwwww!!!!!