I have rebooked my arch to arc attempt for september 2011. A lot of people have been asking why I am waiting this long to do it again. There are several reasons for this, least of which being I couldn't possibly afford to do it again in a years time. I am hoping to get sponsors to pay at least part of the fee this time round. I am currently back training in the pool breaking my swim stroke down to ensure it is perfect by the time 2011 comes around. I need to increase my upper body strength and swim speed so if anything goes wrong next time then there's less of a chance of everything falling to pieces in the channel.
I hope to have moved to the coast by the start of next summer to make the sea swims more accessible.
I also need to take a bit of a breather from the intense training and try and have a bit of a life again even if it is only for a short while.
I am focusing on a few ultra runs in the next few months, September 4-6th is the Eagle Isle Ultra, 3rd October is Caesars Camp 100 while December is the Beacons Ultra and I have had some interest from a fairly big running store wanting to arrange an event with me (there's quite a big sports company involved too). Its early days in the organisation of it so thats about as much as I will say for now. It appears that not completing A2A has not done my reputation any harm thank god.
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Subscribe to this comment's feedwritten by Gael , September 15, 2009
Great review and an even better performance on the day! Congratulations for taking on the Iron Monster.. .. and surviving! It really was a fantastic day, made even better by the warm weather and the knowledge that so much money was raised for Save the Children and many other charities.
Hope to see you there again next year!
Congrats again.
From all at First!
