07/DEZ - FINAL CBCA ADVENTURE RACE

07/DEZ - FINAL CBCA ADVENTURE RACE

a good level of participants

In first weekend of december the district of Dores do Rio Preto wich it is the base to climb the Pico da Bandeira held the final stage of the brazilian adventure race championchip. 

arriving to the kayak on the lead

For me it was like a revenge since in may on my second race in adventure I started on a similar race on the same region and quite at 11:00pm on the bike leg. With 2 more races on my back I was believing in myself this time, specially because I was racing as SOLO so couldn't blaim anyone, anymore.

Made my start strong as on the physical term I do pretty well over my competitors and me and Thiago Mol went soon to the leadership for the first leg of the bike, the on the kayak and the on the trekking on the way back to the bike. At this point we had over an hour to the second place and much more for the next Solo.

Time to get acess to our boxes, as were to soon, just around 5pm, Took me sometime to decide what to do and Thiago went alone.

Then, let the problems begin!!!! I had a portion of around 20k on bike to get to Irupi and then made a 20k trekking, but what I wasn't expecting is that I was about to face a MUD HELL! Something happen that I got kind of lost in the map and got on a lot of MUD, the mud got on my frame and simply stuck my bike, I couldn't cycle, push or carry my bike, this simply killed my head, I couldn't think anymore and the only thing I could do it is know that I was lost without Thiago, the evening was coming and how impossible it will be spend all the night on the way back, in the same mud and even more lost.

Well, anyway I started think on at least start the trekking, it was too early to give up and I was at nowhere. So with the help of a couple teams wich caught me I made myself to Irupi to start the trekking.

Just ate beggining I met the team Advogados Aventureiros wich was lost to find the first PC as was I, after some lost time, we made it and stayed together for the entire trekking, coming back to the city around 11pm.

So, I have decided to start the bikewith them, since I had no chance because even giving up I had to come back to Dores wich was 70k on route away.

happy before meet the mud

BUT, just at the first km, again, the MUD, worse than ever maybe because I was even more tired. There was no way I could cross all that mud again, alone, in the dark. time to give up and quite.

BUT, as I said, the journey wasn't over. the 70k on route on my way back took me almost 5 hours and a lot of mind discipline.

Arrived, met my girlfriend and time to sleep. I was expecting to met Thiago at 5am but no signal of him. Wake up at 10am and still no news, got worried and when I get to the finish line, just the team that I was togeteher arrived, around 10:30am. Man the race was tuff by the night, Thiago fell on sleep on a church for around 3 hours and get to the finish just at 11:30 am.

Another lesson learned, I think I should continue on the race if I think on someday made a 6 days race I am pretty sure that I will face challenges like that where you can't go further, where your mind got so tired.

BUT, I prefer to think that I have a long way on this sport, each race a new lesson learned.

when I gave up, asking how to go back by the route