The hour of siesta of Felipe Gutiérrez: With the head in the 27 of September

This is the column number 42 since I collaborate with this section in Triathlon News and for now it will be the last, my head is already in "KM0 mode".

 

 

I know that many read it but I prefer to do a STOP since I will not have any time, nor want to think about anything else, so I will not have time to give the little nod on Wednesdays at siesta time.

Some will be happy, this heavy will no longer mess with us, they will say and they are right at least for the moment.

We are today on Wednesday at 39 days of the Madrid KM0 triathlon and 19 of the final closing of registrations, the day is approaching and one already has desire. Today one of the triathletes I train told me "I'm looking forward to the test, it had to be this Sunday", uffff I got up nervous to think about it.

It is clear that the phrase that presides over the KM0 website "For those that the KM0 is not only the beginning but the end", marks us all a little.

Some will still ask is the test done? Are they going to leave you? ... In the forums it seems that some unbelievers are already beginning to think that there really are 39 days left. I work in the day to day I know that there are those days, although every hour that passes has to overcome or solve a problem or several.

The KM0 staff is at its best preparing a test that we really hope will be level. What are the few participants? That at the moment is not the problem, we have already taken "gustillo" to have few but well attended.

Felipe Gutierrez

I'm sorry I do not write this weekly column and I know it will not come out with this name again, I know myself and I think that from October I will no longer "put on" the Wednesday naps. Autumn arrives and I think it's better to think about other things ...

Other things ?, Well yes maybe a section to follow the elections of the Triathlon Federations, I think it is an interesting topic and I will give news and possible candidates to one or another federation, and it is missing a year.

I already told it once, but some people ask me if I will be a candidate for a federation address. I am sure that yes, I am going to present myself but I do not know if the Spanish to the Madrid or even the Asturian. Any of the three could be my goal for the end of the 2016, only one year left! And the "knives are flying" and that gives me "march, march ..."

An unpleasant news comes out in the media today and is the subject of Jose Maria Merchán and whether or not it was doped, a few years ago. The doubts leave through social networks and grow like mushrooms.

Personally I know Merchán from the first day he started in the world of triathlon and I trust that he has never taken something not allowed.

Many seem to "pass bills in arrears" and they hit him from all sides without accepting the presumption of innocence to which everyone has a right. An article denounces this situation and gives me the impression that "the political war" has begun in order to discredit him as a possible candidate to occupy an important position in the Andalusian community.

Many talk about who wants to be president of the Spanish, I think he is not clear and wants to continue to serve and support the sport of their community.

For my part, I believe and support Jose Maria Merchán and I hope that he leaves this "brown" and that those who criticize also know how to ask for excuses if they have to do it.

As I said at the beginning, this is my last column of "the siesta time" ... after that 39 days and when October arrives ... but that will be another topic. Thanks for putting up with me for so many weeks.

Felipe Gutiérrez

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