Despite not being that interested I got my 5star ballot entry for Sydney marathon today so I’ve put in for it. Pretty sure there’s no deferrals or anything and a quick check of flights suggested £1800 which would make it another expensive trip so kind of hoping I don’t get selected!
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As long as my travel agent has done his job properly I’ll be on my way for the 2 races early tomorrow morning! It has felt like a long time since Christmas then the last few weeks has really come round quickly.
First up is the Canyons 50k trail race on Saturday, 4 weeks ago I was really looking forward to it and hoping for around 5-5:15 if things went to plan, not sure now with the knee, not a great deal of running since the 40K survival and all of it flat. Fitness wise I should be alright, but if it plays up it could be a long walk back or the bus 
I think there’s a live tracker on the UTMB site and it will probably be starting around 4pm UK time.
Weather can’t make it’s mind up, looking quite chilly and maybe showers, probably not a bad thing as it’s what I’ve done a lot of my training in and I won’t be having a big jump of about 15c.
The course has about 3 climbs in it, but 2 are in the last 14k.
Then the triathlon a fortnight later, can’t decide on this one. I’ve done a bit of swimming but I’m expecting the water to be a bit chilly, although air temps are looking about 30c for the next week or so!
Bike isn’t going too bad and the BL13 races have had a few hard rides in the last 3 weeks. I would have hoped for sub 1:45 on the run but it depends what happens this weekend. It’s too late to defer so I’ll have to at least start.
Edit: they’ve announced cold weather kit for the two long races and possible snow at the start 
they still have me as 100k somewhere so I get the emails!
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Good luck with (a ) the travel and (b) the races
Looking forward to hearing of your exploits
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Good luck Jeff
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Good luck Jeff, nice to see the obligatory bit of sandbagging in that post & hope things go well. Where are these races, or would you rather not say because Greta? Given that a travel agent is involved I guess they’re not just somewhere down the A1(M)
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Good luck @jeffb! Let’s hope the travel goes a bit smoother than previous attempts!
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Haha, trying to alert Greta to my travels!
The first is Auburn which is about an hour from Sacramento.
The triathlon is St George which is about 2 hours from Vegas 
I’m offsetting by cycling between venues 
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Good luck @jeffb watch out for that poison oak !
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A trip to Poland for the Euro Duathlon sprint champs. My 3rd ever sprint draft legal which is another skill set, after racing at the British champs last month I agreed with my podium chums that I would be the road captain to make sure we got the medals. In the end it was the same result as the British champs with me taking 3rd M50 and a clean sweep of the podium.
Great day out but have to stay sober ish until 8:45 for the medals.
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Awesome stuff 
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Outstanding!
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We’ve got you @jeffb
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Amazing effort
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Jazzy Jeff ?!
No..?!?
We’re is that captain sandbag picture?
Brill effort like
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Top work
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That UTMB tracker is absolute dog shit. Did the same to my mate when he ran UTS. Said he was first the whole way round. He was definitely not first! 
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Can we trust the tracker when it says @jeffb finished 3rd in cat?
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Nice!!
Knowing Jeff, that probably means Catalan 
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