Personal Corner
Training and sports
Usually, i train around 2 hours per day 7 days per week. Depending on the part of the season the intensity of my trainings varies. I do from three or four interval training session per week. These sessions are characterized for high cardiovascular intensity. Also, the volume of kilometers I run during the week depends on the part of the season. It goes from 90 kms until 140 kms. On the other hand I use to train two days per week the cycling discipline. Usually I do this during the weekend, doing sessions from 90 kms until 150 kms, combining transition running and cycling trainings on Sunday (i.e: 90 kms of running + 12 of running ).
I have the year split in three different seasons: Cross Country season, duathlon season and athletic track season. I have the training of all the days of the year planed and i follow a strict control about all information concerning my progress, times and sensations in each of my trainings. My trainer is Manel Pla. He supervises all my training sessions and controls my progress in each of the fields.
Hobbies
I love traveling around the world and discovering different cultures and ways of life. I've been in many countries and places: Europe, Singapore, united stated, Istanbul, Melbourne, Australia, Cyprus, Hong Kong… In my travels i used to do trekking in order to enjoy the nature, the people and the local culture.
I also really like trekking in the mountains. I use to spent many days each year in the Pyrenees of Spain running and climbing mountains (like Pica de Estats, Aneto, Pedraforca) . I feel realized in contact with nature. I really like train there. On the other hand in the summer, when I train my cycling, I go there to cycle in its mountains pass, like: Tourmalet, Portillon, Coll du Mente, Port du Bona Aigua etc..
My other big passion, that occupies an important time of my days, is training. I am training in elite level in athletics and duathlons (running/cycling/running). I'm currently racing in the Catalan, Spanish and International duathlons for the Club Natacio Barcelona Team. On the other hand, I’m also racing in the Cross Country national league, including some of the International Cross Country Crosses and in the Catalan Athletic Track League for the ISS-Hospitalet team (my specialties are 1.500 m and 5000 m). Two years ago I finished in third place in my age group in the Powerman Duathlon World Championship (10 kms running, 150 of cycling and 30 of running) that was held in Zofingen (Switzerland).
On the other hand I really like learning new thinks. I use to spent many hours during the week studying languages, reading papers etc. It’s part of my job, but I really enjoy doing it.
I have other hobbies that I do always a have free slots of times such as: reading fantastic literature, view movies (preferably scientific and fantastic), enjoy tali with my friends.
Other activities
From the 1990 until the 1998 i practiced karate-do Shitoryu with the sensei Yoshio Hirota. I have the black bel degree.
In the year 2003-2005 i practiced Rock Climbing, orientation races, mountain running races and mountain bike races. The main goal to do this races was for prepare Adventure Raids (these are a combination of two or more disciplines, including orienteering and navigation, cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills). During these years i compete in two Adventure Raids.
Non-professional activities
In the 2004, me and one colleague of university, together the Simulation Group of the Technical University of Catalonia and the Metropolitan Transport Authority (it is an inter-administrative Consortium of voluntary character comprised of all the administrative bodies of public transport services in the Barcelona), we started a non-profit study for improve the transport in Barcelona in order to reduce the pollution of Barcelona and improving the connectivity of the system. The main goal was to use simulation and data mining techniques to carry out these studies. This project started with a project that I and a colleague of mine did in the simulation university course in our final year.
During the period 2000-2004 i collaborated with the non-profit organization Forum for the Sustainability of Barcelona. This organization was oriented to promote ecologic practices in many different topics: social education, deploying good practices in the enterprises etc. This entity collaborates with governmental entities, schools and private enterprises. During this period I collaborate providing technical support: administrating their systems and their web sites. I also participated in many different other activities such as: social events, implanting good practices, recreational events with families and young people etc.
During the period 1997-2001 I participated in the Escoles Pies scout group. During these years I was a volunteer many times in the camps that were organized to the child that belonged to the group. I participated actively to all the events that were organized during these years.