He carries the bike, the bottles and the bags with the precision that comes from custom. She is less used to brushes and makeup products but, like everything else, she accepts it with positivity and a smile. We chat jumping from the sea to football, with a Barca-Real Madrid that it will be disputed in a few hours and that he will see with his father, that “I still don’t know why, it’s very ‘merengue’ & rdquor ;, he assures laughing.
She does not. “I’m culé to die”, he assures, although he admits that “I don’t watch many games because I barely have time”. His takes an average of twenty-five hours of training a week and a race of Advertising and public relations who studies at the UOC and is about to finish. He multiplies his sports life by three and barely has time left “to go to the movies, have dinner with my partner or my friends and rest, which I also need.” It’s worth it? Anna Godoy no doubt: “Absolutely, yes. It is my passion, what amuses me and what I have chosen as a way of life. I am very lucky to dedicate myself to what I like & rdquor ;.
Her father and brother, triathletes like her, failed to compete in a Olympic Games. She was one of the two who managed to be in tokyo and describes the experience as “a pass. Despite the limitations imposed by Covid, I enjoyed them very much. And I admit that one of the things that made me most excited was meeting and chatting with Pau Gasol. I’m telling everyone! What a simpler and more incredible guy & rdquor ;. Already think of the Paris, with all the dedication and sacrifice that this entails. But as it says Anna, “It is what it is and I love it.
Without work and without effort, nothing can be achieved. I prefer this to spending eight hours locked in an office sitting in a chair. I would pay, if necessary, to continue being a triathlete & rdquor ;. Before dead than in an office, I would say.
MENTAL HEALTH
Continuing with your dream involves significant physical and mental wear. The athlete has incorporated this year the figure of a psychologist in her life. “I want to take care of myself at all levels and it was clear to me that I needed to reinforce the mental aspect -he explains- because I have suffered in recent years.
One of my best friends died and I had other personal issues that caused me some problems. I want to have tools to control that and only a professional can provide them. Was I able to shoot by myself? Yes, but with a psychologist it will be much better & rdquor ;.
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