29/11 - ACAERJ ADVENTURE RACE - ALDEIA VELHA - RJ

ACAERJ Adventure Race 

Again, me and Thiago Mol went to the district of Aldeia Velha in RJ state to compete on the 1o Stage of the RJ AR Champ. This time I was more calm and prepared, equip all set, map well studied and let's go to the race.

At the start the front group made a 1min gap to me but on the uphill I got them, on my first error I took a diferent way to the bike AT and cost me around 10min, wich make a gap to Thiago Mol and a large group that was behind me reapack.

In the bike I made my first dummie error that was on the first CP, passing trought without notice and having to come back, cost me 2 MINUTES.

Everything ok, the bike went well, but at the RAPEL TA I made another dummie and went in the wrong direction to Rapel Trail, cost me another 5 MINUTES. Made the rapel and went to the Canyoning, and at this TA I could see that my advantage over the third place was more than 10 minutes with only more 15k to finish, the gap to Thiago was around 13min and I had the second place in my hands.

After the CP 10, we had to cross to the other road back, I took a different strategie and crossed a plantation wich get to a hard forest with tiny trail and then a large river to cross, took me TOO MUCH TIME to make my decisions and cross the river, wich costed me another 5 MINUTES. When I got back to the road to the final part I didn't know wich place I was, no ideia, so I push hard to the finish, it was the only option.

Passed a group of four in the meters wich I tought someone could be on SOLO like me, so push hard to the finish line, BUT "my" finish line, on my head was Pousada Acacias, wich was CP 6, I don't know in the hell I put this on my mind and just when I get there I realized my last dummie wich costed me another 4 MINUTES and this time the 3o place on the race by only 20 seconds, just unbeliavable.

With a cooled mind, I could analyse my race and it was another great and most important, beautiful and amazing adventure.

LESSONS LEARNED:
- TOOK MORE FAST DECISION IN WICH DIRECTIONS GOES
- PUT MY MIND MORE FOCUSED IN THE MAP AND ROUTE THEN ON MY EFFORT