5 April 2020
by Tiago Costa
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I am currently dealing with an inferior pubic ramus bone stress fracture originating from running and overall triathlon training. TL;DR: it took me 8 weeks completely off any kind of exercise and 3,5 months to start training again. I believe … Continue reading
5 August 2018
by Tiago Costa
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Well I guess that this is becoming kind of an habit, even if it is ever less frequent I am, again, writing this on a A320 flying back home from Frankfurt. About one year ago, after failing to race Ironman Austria … Continue reading
9 August 2015
by Tiago Costa
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It’s now three weeks since I completed my second Ironman. This time I chose Zurich basically because when I took the decision it was the only race in Europe still open for registration on the 1st January – yeah, call … Continue reading
20 December 2014
by Tiago Costa
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It’s been a long time since I last posted here, anyway I will write some lines to update on some sports related stuff 🙂 After racing Ironman Frankfurt I entered another 3 big races for the year: – Viana do … Continue reading
24 June 2014
by Tiago Costa
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After some peak training weeks logging up to 25 training hours in a single week I’m ready for the dreaded taper. We are at less than 2 weeks from race day and by now I’m really looking forward to it. … Continue reading
8 June 2014
by Tiago Costa
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Last weekend I’ve ran my last preparation race for the Ironman. This time it was the first edition of Sevilla’s half ironman distance triathlon. I have also ran Iberman at Ayamonte Spain and of course, Lisbon Triathlon. This were the … Continue reading
8 May 2014
by Tiago Costa
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It has been a while since I last wrote here. Things have been pretty hectic between work, family and training – well I might as well say life is being pretty hectic! Anyway I’m enjoying all of this, I feel … Continue reading
2 February 2014
by Tiago Costa
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It’s been a while since I last wrote on this blog. First it was the holiday season and then the training season for the IM has picked up and is now on full steam. A lot of very interesting things … Continue reading
24 November 2013
by Tiago Costa
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While the real deal will only start in January I have been trying to gain some endurance, specially on the bike and in the water. Yesterday I had a really nice brick putting together 90m on the swimming pool, 60m … Continue reading
7 October 2013
by Tiago Costa
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Just a bit more than a week before my 4th marathon and at a time when I am increasing my training volume after the summer I came across this interesting yet scary TEDx video: Dr. James O’Keefe Jr. is a … Continue reading