I have done the sums and I could do it in 100 hours under good conditions. However, it's much easier to get more sleep and take 105 hours
Exactly that - it's not whether I
could do it, I'm sure I could if I wanted, it's whether I could
be bothered. Would just be more pleasant to have more sleep.
I'm up front about it, I'm not going to 'con' my way in on the pretext of doing a sub-100 hour ride, when I
probably don't intend to unless I get behind fast groups all the way and keep waking up early. I was just wondering whether the attitude is, yeah that's fine as long as you don't expect your 14 points and a medal, or no we'd really rather you didn't.
The only thing that made me curious was the fact that the email suggesting that was the
only option, ever, was at odds with the idea that anyone deciding to pull out could sell their place. The only way these things could both be true is if rescinded 116 hour places were all sold
as 100 hour places, or if no-one actually is going to be able to sell their place because the number of places needs to reduce.