XTerra 2010 Season

The 2010 Xterra season started in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais.

The triathlon competition was the first of the day and consecrate to the South-African Hugo Dam and the Brazilian Cristina de Carvalho.

The day was intense heat and sun. The atlhetes performs 1200 mt swim, 26 km of mountain climbs and fantastic descents, with 9km of running on dirt roads.

The circuit was busy with a landscape between fields and plantations that gave an extra energy.

On the male side the South-African had no trouble in getting the victory, leaving the water a bit behind the frame pointer, making difference in the mountain and thus conquered the victory, with 2nd Alexandre Manzan, 3rd Francisco Ferreira, 4th Ezequiel Morales and 5th. Kelmerson Buck.

On the female side Cristina de Carvalho won first place in the women's triathlon taking the opportunity of breaking the shock of the bike from Soledad Omar.

"In the 5th. Kilometer bike suffered a broken shock but still continue in these conditions, and reaching the 18km between a hole and could not control the bike, that is why I fell, I had to ask for help to accommodate the handle, but continue in the competition, in the running part I could deduct 3 min but was not enough to recover the balance after the fall.

In third place was Luzia Bello with 2hs 43min.

Triathlon Long Distance
Rodoanel 2010

Ezequiel Morales, who won the general Circuit Long Distance in 2009, started the 2010 season already with a great result. The Long Distance Triathlon Rodoanel, step held on 7 February 2010, as Ezekiel had 2nd place in the Professional Category.

Step Rodoanel was held in a very safe place. The swimming was quiet because the stage had no current or waves. The cycling route was more difficult with rising standards. Since the race demanded more of the athletes. It was a hard race, but according to Ezequiel, a good workout for anyone thinking of going to the Ironman.

In his first race in early season, Ezequiel was still a little off the pace, with no accurate idea of how he was, and so he started very strong step in the cycling, causing a drop in performance on stage of the race. However, nothing prevented him from still achieving an important 2nd place on Long Distance Rodoanel.