{"id":4797,"date":"2011-12-22T09:59:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2013-09-19T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:46:39","slug":"shortest-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2011\/12\/22\/shortest-day-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortest day of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks that critical point in the northern hemisphere where the sun rises above the horizon for the shortest time. From here it gets better and better, SAD<\/a> sufferers can look forward to better times.<\/p>\n

We still have a lot of winter to go and we haven’t plumbed it’s depths from a sporting perspective, but I welcome this turning point in the year as we can start looking forward to longer days. Aside from disruption to sporting schedules, of which we have had little this year, shorter days mess up my schedule something rotten.<\/p>\n

In the summer I can practically get a full days work in before the any sports starts. In winter I have barely woken up before I need to get my brain into gear. One positive effect is I get more time down the Gym, but no sooner am I at the Gym than the footy starts. It also limits the type of events I can run in the office. No point in dragging people in from miles around only to give them a couple of hours of my time.<\/p>\n

So today I celebrate, ahead of Christmas, with the knowledge that I can look to more fulfilling days ahead.<\/p>\n

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Today marks that critical point in the northern hemisphere where the sun rises above the horizon for the shortest time. From here it gets better and better, SAD sufferers can look forward to better times. We still have a lot of winter to go and we haven’t plumbed it’s depths from a sporting perspective, but […]<\/p>\n

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