How many events?

This is my 15th seasons as a triathlete.  I used to race one to three events a year, sometimes more.  A couple years I only raced an Ironman.  But since 2015 started I've been doing at least one race a month; race defined as "wearing a timing chip".  I ended up racing 15 events in both 2015 and 2016.  A lot of running races like half marathons.

I'm planning on a race a month this year too.  This last weekend I raced a 10K for my January race.  I have half IMs scheduled for May and June, and I'll probably add another half IM later in the year.  I'm racing the San Francisco Marathon in July.

I will probably end up with 15 or 16 events this year.  My wife and I are "empty nesters" with adult children in Northern California, New York City, Portland, and Boulder. I do a lot of destination races ("race-cation").  In 2016 I raced twice in Hawaii, and in Memphis, New Orleans, New York, and Austin.

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In my first 2-1/2 years of Triathlon I have done two Triathlons.  Both of them 70.3 distance.  I plan to do my next 70.3 this October and 1 or 2 Olympic races for training this summer.

So.... I do about two races a year.  One in the spring and one in the fall.  

I also do about two (2) 5K races a year (in the off season, summer and winter).  I did a 5K race last Saturday and broke a course record.  The timing company asked me at the finish line if that was my first race of the year.  I thought that was an odd question for a race done the 3rd week of January.  I told them it was my first race and their follow-up question was, "How often do you do races?  Every week? Every other week?"  I told then I did about two races a year and they were stunned.  They could figure out how I could run like that on just two races a year.  :-)

Some people race every 15+ times a year. If I had a sponsor I might go for that but when I am paying my own way so I space them far enough apart that I can see if I have got faster or slower with each training cycle.