After 25 hours of travel, I am back “home” in Brasil. If you have been following here for awhile, you know that this is one of my very favorite places to visit for an ironman. I realized last night during my post-travel jog (the very last thing my legs ever want to do after 25 hours of travel but a necessary evil) that this is will be my sixth Ironman Brasil, which makes it take the lead for the most race repeats of all those I have done in my career. Come September, it will be an even tie with Ironman Wisconsin, as that will be my sixth time racing in Madison also.
One of the things I love about coming back here is that I now have so many friends in this part of the world. In fact, this year I’m staying in a house with some Brasilians that I hadn’t met before—friends of friends.
This morning we ran into my friend and local Floripa pro, Ana Lidia Borba. Love getting the local knowledge!
25 hours from the time my flight took off in Tucson on Monday til my third flight touched down in Florianopolis on Tuesday
33: minutes of running after this last flight that it took for my legs to come back to life
6 x ironman here in Floripa
54th ironman
3, 6, 2, 4, 4 : my finish positions here at Ironman Brasil
3: weeks since my last ironman (Australia)
6 days til my next race (Honu 70.3) after Ironman Brasil
My friendly Brasilian tour guides—love it!
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I would have thought the water down there would be warm? Amazing that you have anything in the tank after an IM to do a half 6 days later. Care to share your recovery secret
it is warm–perfect sleeveless temperature!
6 days to an ironman would be ok; 7 would be preferred.
for a half, it may not be too pretty but i will give it my best crack!
You look FIT in that first pic! yeahhh coachie!!!
Love the suit in the 3rd pic too
Have a great one out there Hillary – this is YOUR YEAR to rock Brazil
LOVE that you get to hang out with locals. how awesome. and how awesome to be on trip #6 to brasil!!!
You always amaze me! How a person can do so many IM’s then a 70.3 a few days later..how DOOOOOOOOOO you do this
) You are just blessed with good genes eh??
I love your floral shorts where did you get them.
two years ago on roxy.com. just checked there and their run shorts now seem to be more traditional but perhaps with some creative internet searching you could dig these up! i love them for running and beach-ing!
I said this on the Queen K the other day, but after reading those numbers(54!?! Ironmans!?!) I’m saying it again…”Hillary is my hero” (actually, my actual sentence had an extra word in there but I will let you guess which word it was before hero haha) you are amazing- kick ass out there.
Girl you and Fernanda own that place! Have the race of your life. Breathe in Brazil as I know how amazing it is!!!! Eat acai like there is no tomorrow , dance with Carlos at the after party and miss me loads as I am so jealous !!!! Remember that last little lap on the run is the one you have to dig deep on! You can win this babes! Happy 54th! Kisses A x
Be sure to stock-up on Haviannas and maybe have a caipirinha waiting for you after the race … in a red traveler?
Remember to tell us about the after party
I can only imagine it will be amazing as I Brazilians can party and dance like there is no tomorrow.
Doing a race in a course you know (and love) well, doesn’t hurt the race plan either
i feel SO LAME to admit that i will probably be sleeping vs. afterpartying. however in my young and single days i did hit the afterparty scene here pretty hard and i can assure you that it did not disappoint. this is definitely a must-do race for those who like afterparties!
Brazilians loves you! have a great day! enjoy every minute!!! as Amanda I´m jelous too!!!! jejejej
xxLu