I would like to share with you I was 2nd at yesterday's Rock&RollMan, which served as the Southeast Long Course Championship.

Thanks for the continued support

Felipe Bastos
 - Professional Triathlete -
www.Felipe-Bastos.com

I am just back from the TriAmerica race in New Orleans' Northshore. I had a terrific day and ended up with the win. I felt so strong throughout the whole race and my body was incredibly responsive every time I asked it to do more. 

Attached (see below) you will find a press release that is going out to all of the major endurance sports publications. Also attached are some of my favorite photos.

Next up is the Southeast Long Course Championships, then the Kansas Ironman 70.3 followed by the Black Warrior Triathlon.

Thanks for the continued support!
Felipe Bastos

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bastos takes TriAmerica National Triathlon Series - New Orleans

Mandeville, LA (May 25, 2008) Brazilian professional triathlete Felipe Bastos scorched the New Orleans’s north shore to celebrate his 28th career overall win in the second stop of the 2k/60k/15k National Triathlon Serious Tour.

The race, held during Memorial Day weekend, was Bastos’ last hit out before the Southeast Long Course Championships at the Colliseum Rock & RollMan. His 3:00:42 win was good enough for the best time in all 3 disciplines on the day and a new course record. “Even though I was on the lead all day, I wanted to keep pushing it to the end to test my body in the 90F heat and the humidity”.

Powering the bike after exiting the water with a 4-minute lead on the swim, Bastos’ 1:29 bike ride split, combined with a sub 1 hour run (58:31), and was good enough for a 28-minute win. “I felt great all day, and tried hard to break the 3-hour mark, which has never been done on the TriAmerica Series. In the end, I came up a few seconds short, but I will be back to try again.

Bastos, an entering Law student at the University of Alabama, will also be attending the Macon, Ga’s Southeast Long Course Championships on May 31, as well as the Lawrence, Kansas Ironman 70.3, a qualifying event for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships.

Results link:  http://www.championchiptiming.com/images/files/static/238Male.htm

Also, wanted to let you know I am off to the Alabama State Championship this weekend and will report back on Sunday. I have been training hard an feeling pretty strong, so hopefully it will reflect on the results this weekend. On Saturday I did a long ride ( 4 hours) with the middle 80 minutes in the mountains and felt great throughout the whole ride. Fitness definitely feels like its arrived!

Ciao,

Felipe Bastos
 - Professional Triathlete -
www.Felipe-Bastos.com

I am just back from the Dallas Half Ironman. The race was set entirely in the very urbanized suburbs of Dallas, TX, in a very different scenario than most other triathlon races. This fact alone made for a great crowd of spectators!

Personally, I only had an OK day, but was glad that a below average day yielded a Top 5 finish, and a position within the prize purse. This is the earliest I have ever done a Half IM in a season, so I was pleased to see my hard work at the training camps early in the season pay off with a top result.

I was 4th out of the water, and once on the bike, I was only passed by Justin Daerr ( he rode the day's best bike split); no one else passed me the entire race. It felt good to hold on to my position throughout almost the whole race.

The bike felt fast until the 2nd loop when the winds really kicked in ( over 25 mph) and everyone's splits suffered from it.

The run felt OK and I was clocking 6:20 miles until mile 10, when I realized I was locked into 5th, and I was able to shut it down for the rest of the run home, thus saving my legs so I can begin training sooner for my next race. At this point I am surely racing the TriAmerica event in New Orleans, LA, in May. I was just recently invited by the race director, and thought it would be a great way to be part of an event that is helping rebuild this great city.

I will forward photos once they become available.

Many thanks for the continued support!

Hope all is well,

Felipe Bastos

Felipe Bastos' 2008 Training Kit

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