We’re talking about your number as in how many races you like to run. That’s the question of this week’s edition of Tuesdays on the Run.
According to my Instagram feed, many of you are chronic racers. Marathon and Half Marathon Maniacs. Runners on a mission. Maybe it’s a PR, racing the states, or completing a challenge. The reasons are endless.
Me? Like many other areas of my life, I’m kind of freestyle.
Sometimes I race fairly often. I think the most races I’ve run in a season is 16.
Then again, sometimes I don’t race that much. There’s really no rhyme or reason to it.
I’ve run in many states, even though hitting all 50 is not my goal.
I am gunning for the marathon majors and have the domestic ones done at least once. But getting those international ones crossed off the bucket list has eluded me so far.
I’d say I’m pretty sensible about racing. I limit myself to one, maybe two full marathons per year. I allow myself ample time to recover between races….
….until I don’t. I’m looking at you Flying Pig 3-way, RnRVegas Remix, RnRCHI Remix…
…and PRing a half marathon 6 days after running a full.
So yeah. I’m kind of all over the place as usual. I like to call it freestyle.
How about you? How often do you race?
I use to enjoy doing a lot of destination races but now I am enjoying doing some local races. I think 13 in one year is the most I’ve ever done. -M
I’m a fair weather runner. I don’t like racing when it’s hot. Although every year I do seem to race a little bit more.
I do enjoy racing, but it’s hard & it’s hard on my body. Gotta respect the body!
I raced a lot last year. This year? Not so much. After I get this marathon under my belt, we’ll see what happens!
I run maybe 3 races a year. Usually a marathon, a half (to tune up with the racing experience) and then one other. Last year the one other was Ragnar. I don’t have tons of extra money to spend, and I like running for the hell of it, so I save it for the races that really mean something to me!
I wish I could do more races but my body just doesn’t perform well like that. I read about all these people doing back to back marathons, multiple marathons, run streaking and I keep waiting for their body to breakdown…
I am like the Cookie Monster of races (Think “Me love races!”) I am a maniac with a small m. I have no specific goal or plan for my madness and do ~25 – 30 per year 😉
Ha! I’m all over the place on this. I definitely do a lot of races, but I’m not necessarily “racing” every time I pin on a bib. Some people wonder what’s the purpose of doing races if I’m not competing, and my short answer is that I just enjoy rUnNiNg…and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. I’m not naturally gifted with speed, but (thankfully) I don’t need speed to conquer a long distance 😉
I’m also free-style. I haven’t done a repeat race yet, and there are so many, I’m sure I’ll be busy. My bucket list has two 10k’s I’d really like to do, and one will be on my schedule for next May.
I love that… “freestyle racer”…. just when the mood strikes 🙂
But it looks like you crossed off some good ones all around the country off your list.
I am pretty new to racing, so we’ll see how things work out for me… I have 5 races on the calendar this year (so far).
Freestyle racer – I love that term ha 🙂 And I love how many states you’ve ran in, even if it’s not your goal to hit all of them (some of the ones you have left are super boring anyway, right? haha).
Every year, I say I’m not going to race that much and then… lol. This year is much better than last year which was the most I’ve done in a year: 12.
Oh wow, I would love to run a race in Alaska, definitely jealous! This year I felt like I ran so much in the spring, and the last time I ran that much I ended up injured. Thankfully I’m not having any major issues this time around. I always want to race in the fall but there always seems to be more conflicts.
I don’t race frequently, mainly because it can get so expensive! I would love to run races in different states and countries though.
That’s quite a number of states you have there!! And lots of awesome medals!!
I would love to check off some states. My bread and butter is challenges-i love racing back to back!
I like your freestyle! I would say I am freestyle too, but really I don’t race much at all. I have raced 4 times so far this year, which is I think more than the last two years combined!
I haven’t raced much in the last year or so thanks to injury, so now that I’m healthy I’ll probably be a little more cautious with how many I sign up for. The most I’ve ever run in one year was 14.
I am trying to find that balance and I like variety! I do like the idea of running races in other states just because I think it is a fun way to plan vacations 🙂
I’ve been taking it easy the past years due to marathon training. But eventually I would like to complete my goal of running a half marathon in each state. I am on state #36!!!
UI love racing. It keeps me motivated to run. Last year I ran 40 races (7 were halfs).
LOL I love that you call it freestyle! I love running races, but don’t get to as much as I want. I would love to run an international race though. That would be really cool!
The most I’ve every raced in a year was 12… it didn’t feel like too many. I like your freestyle approach!
I’m not sure what my number is. Now I’m curious to find out. Let me know if you come to Cincinnati for the Flying Pig. Maybe we can meet up 🙂
I am also all over the place. I usually end up running more than I had planned. Sometimes, we’re racing 2 half marathons a month and sometimes a month or two go by without any. I always enjoy the combination of vacation and racing. I think I need to count up the states I’ve covered so far too. I have never run out of the country though….bucket list!
I am 100% freestyle too. I ran 2 races within the past week, but hadn’t run any since April 3rd. Nothing on my calendar until mid September. When training for something I find it more difficult to fit races into my schedule /plan.