Subject: RE: jldicarlo's group -- FULLnaners - 2007-01-09 9:25 PM How many races for one season is average?
I don't know if there is an average. I think I've seen a lot of people do about one a month. But then I know people that do a bunch of 5k's and 10k's as "training" races so they might "race every weekend but really there is only one important race. I personally think one every 3-4 weeks is really the most you can do or will want to do...especially when you start getting up into the HIM distances. You need some time off after long races. Last year I had scheduled: Oly in Apr Oly in May HIM in June (got cnx'ed on me) Oly in July 10k swim and HIM in Aug Half marathon in Sept (cnx'ed due to knee) Marathon in Sept (cnx'ed due to knee) Which may not seem like a lot, but I felt like I was always gearing up for a race! It got to the point where I wanted to cancel some just so I could make TRAINING progress rather than trying to prep for a race! |