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Mario Mola
confesses
that at 9:00 p.m. he is in bed, that, if he can lie down, he is not standing up and that if there is an elevator, he never goes up the stairs. That the only luxury that has been allowed for a couple of years is to always travel first class. He discovered that rest is the best training and nothing can be left to chance in a perfectionist like him, who will seek the Olympic gold that will consecrate him tonight in Odaiba Marine Park. At the altitude of Font Romeu (France) he prepared together with a 'Dream Team' of the triathlon.
Train with the best in the world, Joel Fillol's group. Do they spy on each other? I've been eight years and yes, we know each other a lot. But training you never go 100% and you don't know for sure how you are or how your teammates are. And how is Mario Mola? Well, at my best, training at my best. Despite having competed little and perhaps that is why it is difficult to say. But there is nothing to make you think that I am not in the best of times. That is easier to say than the opposite. For the progression and timing of my career. Now, to wait for him to come out in the race. They say that the methods of guru Fillol are not complicated at all ... He has achieved the most difficult thing, to find in simplicity a formula that works. Sometimes we try to innovate too much. Its main virtue is being able to manage such a competitive group, that each one has its place,and let's add instead of subtract. Can you enjoy so much discipline? Training is still a job and for me it has been for many years. There are moments in which you enjoy more and others in which you do not enjoy, because it is not possible. As much as you love your job, there are days when you have to stick it out. And suffering is not as pleasant as going out to ride. Going out to play sports is different for us than going out to train. What in the end makes sense of everything is being able to compete well. What do you 'hate' the most? The more you enjoy when you complete training from previous years, you see that you are capable of 100% performance and you keep improving. The hardest are those of discomfort, fatigue, fatigue ... And we all have our favorite modalities. As usual,where it is easier to enjoy is riding a bike or running. For the environment, for the social part. Swimming you enjoy the days that you are well. But let's not fool ourselves, enjoy, enjoy ... I enjoy doing other things. They have been doing the same for many years and you have to rediscover the enthusiasm and desire that the passage of time punishes. What aspects of your day-to-day life would surprise a 'normal' staff person? It is a very spartan life. People are struck by the importance of rest. It is our great advantage over an amateur athlete. When I'm not training, if I can lie down, I'm not sitting, and if I can sit, I'm not standing. People see it and think, 'wow, a sports guy should be the first to climb the stairs.' And after training,I am the first to take an elevator. You are becoming aware of the importance of resting and recovering. And that's where the improvement comes from. You improve because of what you train, but when you assimilate it. If you beat yourself up and then get tired of it, it's not worth much. When did your interest in finance begin? I started studying civil engineering. And for obvious circumstances I had to leave it. Then, ADE, and the world of finance, markets, how companies work has always caught my attention. It is something that one can read anywhere in the world, something fundamental for us. And the best learning is to get down to work, I like to invest, being aware of the risk involved. With knowledge and dedication it is more profitable than other things.Are you doing well in your investments in the stock market? There will always be someone who will do it better than you. I am satisfied, I would not dare to say that they are successful, he swam until he was 15 years old, but afterwards it has always been his weak point. Did he become obsessed? It is the modality in which I have had the least facility. By x circumstances, by body, by physiology ... In my case, the ease that I had running was never in the pool. I have continued working, not obsessing, but trying to take steps forward. The most important thing is to have achieved greater consistency in the water. In triathlon, swimming in open water is a lottery. It is only insured for the first four or five. For the rest, the difference between starting on 12 or 32 is a bad start, a hit or passing the buoys in the wrong place. On many occasions it does not depend on me.How do you rate Gómez Noya being back in the Games at 38? Having him is the reason for a high-level race, you know that he will always be competitive .. Sport and triathlon owes him a lot. And all of us who have grown up with him achieving success, too. Spain is missing a gold in the Games. Is it Mola's turn? It can be, without a doubt. I hope so. Javi was silver in London, in Rio there was a small group that was better than us. We have another chance, the three of us who are here have shown that we are candidates for the medals. Let the race put everyone in their place. Why not spend a lot of time on social networks? I am a very normal person. If I were not a professional athlete, I would not have social networks. I like not worrying too much about what happens outside and focusing on enjoying my day to day.Not by not publishing you are enjoying or doing what you like. I enjoy being close to family and good friends. And it is what I will continue to do. A medal will not turn my social networks into a continuous day-to-day of action.
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