One thing I do know...do not be afraid of change. I have been through a few challenging changes in a professional career and they have all worked out for the good.
I feel better for sharing the disappointment of losing racing and now running and am already embracing good fun new challenges of road biking and eMTB riding in the hills. Fell racing and running has been a massive part of my life for over 35 years. Its no surprise that it stings to admit its gone. Anyway, its time to retire my running persona.
For those who don't already know, Wheeze is Simon Blease, a consultant radiologist living in Monmouth, South Wales. I raced for Les Croupiers, Mynyddwyr De Cymru and latterly for Clwb Rhedwyr Brycheiniog. I also represented the RAF in the Scottish Islands Peaks race for 4 years in the 90's. I've been a race organiser, resident cartoonist for the Fell Runner magazine and a founder member of the reconvened Welsh Fell Runners Association in the early 2000's. That much is a matter of record but it fails to paint a full picture of how much I have loved and gained from being an active member of a very special group of athletes in some of the most wonderful country in the world. We are all very lucky to live where we do.