{"id":3115,"date":"2010-11-29T15:43:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T15:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2012-02-09T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T10:17:30","slug":"speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2010\/11\/29\/speechless\/","title":{"rendered":"Speechless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could claim to be speechless about the prospects of racing this week. It looks like only the &#8216;all weather&#8217; racing will survive, with all the other courses likely to struggle. But this title refers to my inability to speak well this week thanks to flu. Time for a break!<\/p>\n<p>[Edit : Got a text from my local school saying there were 72 children off with the same thing, I hope you don&#8217;t get it]<\/p>\n<p>Back to the weather, it&#8217;s not uncommon for weeks like this in the winter and they are well factored into my plans. But if you are just starting out it can be depressing. As I stated in a previous post, I worked hard to bank some good times in the summer, so I can comfortably sit this out. But it is unusual this year in that we faced the same issue early in the year. As a result,\u00a0 lost meetings will probably set me back a good five figures in 2010. However, I&#8217;m already up on last year so everything is a bonus from here, but the lack of racing is going to deliver much less upside than could have been possible. It would be nice to end the year on a flourish.<\/p>\n<p>With the lack of racing and the flu I will probably spend this week doing other things and a bit more research. It will be a good opportunity to get Christmas shopping out of the way and generally have some R&amp;R. I will probably do some more work on the greyhounds, as this is an area where I am probably not performing at full capacity and they don&#8217;t seem to mind the cold, so it will be interesting to have a play. I&#8217;ve got an impending office move to plan as well. Bad weather is inevitable now and again, so if you push the boat out in the summer don&#8217;t fret in the winter, it&#8217;s inevitable. It&#8217;s difficult on the tough days to have a result that makes any material differnce to me so I&#8217;m not going to worrying about losing the odd day or two.<\/p>\n<p>Use this time to do other things, other sports or to push forward on new projects or research. If you have snow and kids, then go out and enjoy it!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3116\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3116\" title=\"101129 - Folkstone off - 01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/101129-Folkstone-off-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/101129-Folkstone-off-01.png 480w, https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/101129-Folkstone-off-01-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freezing Folkstone is on, off, on, no its definitely off! 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It looks like only the &#8216;all weather&#8217; racing will survive, with all the other courses likely to struggle. But this title refers to my inability to speak well this week thanks to flu. Time for a break! 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