Races, by the numbers

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5.5.2011

I’m not sure why I find this interesting, but as I ponder entering a race on Saturday, and with a race planned at the end of the month, I started thinking: how many races I have actually done in May?
Exactly ONE. That’s all. That seems odd to me that in the awesome running season of spring, I’ve only done one race in May. June isn’t much better with two.

So I went through my Race Times pages and counted what I’ve done each month. I shouldn’t be surprised, but the second half of the year is more than double the first half of the year. Here’s the breakdown by month:

January – 0; February – 3; March – 6 (9 in Q1)
April – 4; May – 1; June – 2 (7 in Q2)
July – 6; August – 7; September 5 (18 in Q3)
October – 4; November – 9; December – 4 (17 in Q4)

2 responses to “Races, by the numbers”

steena

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May 5, 2011

That is really weird… I could name dozens of races in my area that would fill my entire month of May if I could do em. I think this is another push towards your spontaneous trail race. DOOOOOOOOO ITTTTTTTTTTT………..peer pressure!!!

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David H.

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May 6, 2011

It's not for lack of having races to do. I have my reasons why Q2 has the fewest races that I think I'll have for a follow-up post.

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Real David H.