As if planning training and planning actually getting to the event wasn't bad enough, the BTF, or (at least partially) the ETU have made things a bit more difficult.
The European Duathlon Championships are now in April in Limerick/ Ireland. This means that people going to Ireland, can't do the last qualifying event for the Worlds in Cambridge. This means that the BTF have now scheduled another qualifier at the end of February and it's getting all confusing. In the end it means, there are now 4 qualifiers for the Worlds, which means, per qualifier there are only 3 qualifying places per age group. I might consider going for the Europeans since it's in April and potentially less people would aim for that (and cos the weather in Ireland in April is potentially worse than the weather in Northern Spain at the end of September, never mind the added months to get yourself truly in shape). It's possible though that more people will go for both events. Oh, the choices!!
All this doubting is no use though! I'll just stick with the original plan... I'll train as normal for the race in March and will see where it gets me. Besides, with 3 or 4 places per race per age group, I'm slowly starting to realise that I'll actually have to come pretty high up in my age group to make it... but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained!
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