I really don’t like to train for a race without having a pretty good idea of what the race is, when and what else is/could be on the agenda after it. For 2007 my race list is all tentative until my wife finds a new job. However I DO HAVE a race list and will train for each race like I am going to run it. If most of the races get axed do to the lack of my wife’s paycheck, well at least I will have a fantastic base for whenever I start running races again. Sounds good, we’ll see how reality folds out.
So here is my race list 2007:
January 27, 2007 – Rodgau 50K – registered, will depend on the weather
March 11, 2007 – Bienwald Road Marathon (Kandel) – a go!
March 25, 2007 – Eschollbruecken 50K - will be the first to be axed if need be.
April 22, 2007 – Northern Black Forest Marathon – probably a go.
or
April 26, 2007 – Hanau-Rodenbach 100K – very unlikely (requires overnight stay).
May 17, 2007 – Westerwald Forest 50K Trail – will be axed if need be (requires overnight).
or
May 20, 2007 – Heilbronn Marathon – maybe if the 50K is a no-go.
June 23, 2007 – Fidelitas Night Run 80K/50M – most likely a go!
July 22, 2007 - Buhlertal Marathon - will be axed if need be.
September 9, 2007 – 100K Run Endingen – will be axed if need be (requires overnight stay).
or
September9, 2007 – Pirmasens Trail Marathon – maybe if 100K is a bust.
October 21, 2007 – Schwabisch Gmund 50K – will be axed if need be.
There are a couple local 10K/HM races that I may run in between, especially if the longer races don’t fit the budget. Generally speaking I will try to limit the shorter races so that I can run the longer ones. I probably should do this anyway to improve performance, but life is short.
That's a huge number of races, even taking into account that plenty of them are marked as unlikely/maybe/no-go.
You're clearly planning on doing a lot of running.
That's a lot of long races. Training for them should be fun.
A very full agenda! And challenging races. Good luck.
Wow! That's a tough year of races. I know you'll do great in all of them!