I'm unable to commit to the 30 June for the PBR this year. I have just won a new contract which will mean working in London for about 3 months full time and for a big chunk of the week for 9 months after that. It's a brilliant development professionally, but it means that I can't train during the week like i would need to. For my family's sake, i am not going to be away all week and then train all bloody weekend. Something has to give, and it's this.
I've also been uneasy about committing to a fixed date because from that spills a schedule and a plan, and the whole thing starts to feel different to the low key event i want this to be.
What I'm going to do instead is to train as much as I can, and spend the summer racing. Races are easy to organise and I love competing against my peers. I'll train to race over some of the big classics (Ennerdale and Wasdale I have yet to do) and aim for a sub-4 hour Borrowdale in August, something I've got close to but never done.
The idea, which was the original idea, is to decide quite suddenly to go and do it. To get to a point when I think i'm fit enough, make a few calls, pick a clear warm day in the later summer and go for it. This way it's low key stress free and it means I'm not working away panicking about not training enough.
It's the only choice really.
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