Jose Cabeça on Rewriting the Playbook: From Cycling to a Winter Olympic Dream
What happens when an endurance athlete from a warm-weather country decides to chase a winter Olympic dream?
In this episode of Zone2Speak, I’m joined by José Cabeça, a Portuguese athlete who began his career in cycling and triathlon before making a bold and unconventional switch to cross-country skiing, a sport with almost no infrastructure in Portugal.
Despite starting skiing later than most, José went on to represent Portugal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, becoming the country’s best-placed cross-country skier to date. Along the way, he’s trained without snow at home, relied on…
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