Racing Changes

The SHR 2010 race calendar has just been published and one minor scheduling change has completely thrown my early season plans into disarray.  The Jura Hill Race is usually on the 3rd Saturday of May but this week it has been shifted to the 4th Saturday, which clashes with our holiday to Corsica, which is frustrating because I picked that date specifically to avoid Jura and to get a wee rest after the race.

Still, nothing I can do about it.  There are a few alternatives but I've decided to focus on attempting to run a fast marathon in April and then switching the emphasis to cycling from May in readiness for A Day In The Lakes (middle distance triathlon) in June and Powerman in September.

So, rather than doing the Edale Skyline and the Three Peaks in March and April, which were training for Jura, I'm now going to do the Alloa Half Marathon in March and the Lochaber Marathon in April.  I might squeeze a hill race in there too, as well as the Stirling Duathlon.  I'll be doing Ben Lomond in May and then, instead of Jura, I'm going to do the Etape du Dales cyclosportive again, hopefully with a bit more fitness than last time.

I notice the Mull hill race is on again this year, in the middle of July, so I'll get over for that as long as I can be back for Emily's birthday the next day.

At the moment, the second half of my season is going to remain the same - A Day In The Lakes, Mull, British MTB Triathlon Championships, (maybe) Borrowdale, Powerman, 2 Breweries and the Pentland Skyline.