Mariana Ohata

Hello everyone……..!!!!
here i am, again, after a long time missing around Brazil ….. writing my blog of my 70.3 in Penha….!!!!
Well, i have been very busy, since i came from China…i have been training and racing…..and of course, enjoying been with family and friends…
But let´s talk about THE RACE i have done last sunday, where i felt like a real IRONWOMAN…
Nobody was believing that Mariana Ohata would be doing a 70.3, specially after the olympic games, but i was there ready to deal with it and wondering how would it be…….
It was so could in Penha, that i had to buy gloves, and really nice jackets…but i was so happy to be there enjoyng the feeling of doing something really diferent and my parents were there with me so i was happy to have their suport as well…..
I had no idea how to start the race, but like boss said it was just like an olympic distance race, so that´s how i started on sunday.
It was UNBELIAVABLE because when i woke up at 5 am on sunday, the sun was shining and i thought it would be a perfect day….so i went to the race place and checked everything i was supose too, and to be honest i was very lost with all the bags we had to carry…a bag for swinming, a bag for bike, a bag for run……Jessssuuusssss……!!!! But fortunatelly i had a lots of help from others competitors who explained to me what to do with each one….
the sun was really shining when the race started, and i had a very good swiming, because it was just as fast as it is in an olympic race, and the good thing is that i could do my swimming behind good swimmers boys……after, i had to run and cacht my second bag to start the bike…..so it was awesome, going into a tent and changing clothes, and having someone to help you……hehehe…..i was 2 minutes in front of the others girls….a good advantage to start my 95km . Yes, it wasn´t 90km, but 95km…
I started very carefull, because i knew it would be a long course to go….but i was feeling very strong on the bike….and i was just going faster and faster, and the last thing i knew i was 4 minutes in front of all the others girls…..
I couldn´t believe i was riding that fast…..i tried to eat and drink the right way to be strong for the run….and everything just worked really fine for me…..
For the T2, i had to cacht my third bag, and again, someone was helping me to put my shoes on and take my helmet off……we had to run almost 2km inside the Beto Carrero World Park, it was fun, because everybody was shouting and cheering….and this just made me feel very strong……
I started runing good and fast, and i was only thinking of keeping the distance between me and the second girl…..well, but after 15km, i started feeling very tired and dead….,but i thought to myself, now i will have to be the real ironwoman and finish this race in first place….
the second girl was runing very good and our diference was getting smaller….but i knew i could keep my pace for the last 5km…..but, when i was supose to go inside the park to run my last half km to the finish line, the staff who was with me, did the wrong way, so i didn´t go into the park and everybody started yelling at me saying i was wrong and i had to go all the way back……when i realized Vanessa was almost catching me……so i said, no way she is going to beat me here, so i run as fast as i could to crosss the finish line…..ON FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!
And i did it….i was exausted, and criyng a lot because i couldn´t believe after all i was going trought God made me won the race and having friends and my parents there was just unbeliavable!!!!!!
Very happy and very exausted……that´s how i was after the race….this week i got sick…..fever, flu, sorenesss, but i kept the easy training to get better and start getting strong because in November i will be Florida, racing with the real ironwomen, and i can´t wait to be there……with my friends!!!!
And yes, i will be number 55 on Ironman Florianopolis next year………uhuhhhhh…….are you happy Dear Bosss!!!!!!!