Year round racing
Road Racing is truly the only year round racing sport. From early January to the end of December finding a road race with in 100 miles of Charlotte is not too difficult. There are some weekends where finding multiple races within 20 miles of my house is even possible.
Having so many races so accessible is this really good for us? Doesn’t this just promote the opportunity for us to burn out on racing or worse on running?
What happen to actually have down time better known as an off season?
During the early years of my running, Thanksgiving was the last time that my racing flats made it out my closest. Then, they would not be out again to the following spring. Usually this happened some time in the latter part of March.
For the months of December, January, and February, simple easy miles were logged with little thought given to racing. The body and the mind had time to recoup from the stresses and pounding of running.
When spring finally arrived, the hungry grew to see friends that we hadn’t seen in months and test our self as we set new goals for the coming year.
Today, people are racing every month of the year. Some are racing every weekend and still others are racing multi times per weekend.
Would these people not be better served by taking a little downtime? To elaborate, downtime doesn’t have to be during the months of December – March. Maybe taking June through July would be better for some people. Running in cold presents just as many challenges as running in hot weather.
The important point being is does not matter when you take downtime. Just taking downtime is the important. Your body is just like your mind. It needs a vacation from stress too.
Having so many races so accessible is this really good for us? Doesn’t this just promote the opportunity for us to burn out on racing or worse on running?
What happen to actually have down time better known as an off season?
During the early years of my running, Thanksgiving was the last time that my racing flats made it out my closest. Then, they would not be out again to the following spring. Usually this happened some time in the latter part of March.
For the months of December, January, and February, simple easy miles were logged with little thought given to racing. The body and the mind had time to recoup from the stresses and pounding of running.
When spring finally arrived, the hungry grew to see friends that we hadn’t seen in months and test our self as we set new goals for the coming year.
Today, people are racing every month of the year. Some are racing every weekend and still others are racing multi times per weekend.
Would these people not be better served by taking a little downtime? To elaborate, downtime doesn’t have to be during the months of December – March. Maybe taking June through July would be better for some people. Running in cold presents just as many challenges as running in hot weather.
The important point being is does not matter when you take downtime. Just taking downtime is the important. Your body is just like your mind. It needs a vacation from stress too.
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