IBOHUNT

Back to that practice bit eh?

30 here with 4" snow and it's still falling. No outside for me today

Cleave

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words.

As for the number of races, some of those were Tuesday night circuit races which are now full-fledged, points eligible, USAC races. Also, if you lived in SoCal too, it would be easy for you to do as many or more races.

Regardless of how good or bad your 2014 was, here's to hoping that 2015 is better.

shovelhd

In a good year I average around 45 races, most of that from racing twice a day as I only race 1 day per weekend. Cleave has done 3 races a day often. That's incomprehensible to me but who knows, maybe he will motivate me to try it.

Racer Ex 

Since I started racing I've averaged 55 a year. Highest was 75 in 2011. I started keeping a spreadsheet years ago with the races and finishes, and a historical total from year to year. 11 year total:

[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]This Year[/TD]
[TD="width: 86"]Prior Years[/TD]
[TD="width: 69"]All Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]Race Total[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]39[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]516[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]555[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]Win Total[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]136[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]141[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]Podium Totals[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]237[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]244[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]Top Ten totals[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]365[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]379[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]State Champ[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]State Medals[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]31[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]32[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl66"]Out of State Champ[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]Natl Champ[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]National Medals[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]National Records[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

I went back and counted...there's also 74 DNF's in there. I always chuckle when I read some newbie stating with great verve that they will never quit a race. A few of those were flats and crashes but I quit with great style.

Cleave

In prior years, it took 3 races (criteriums) to get 55-60 miles. The 3rd race was a "hang on for dear life" kind of thing. It was supposed to build mental toughness. Typically, I would do 55+, 50+, and 45+ in that order. This year, because of the changes to Masters categories for the SoCal Cup, the promoters have a lot of different daily schedules. For instance, next weekend, my potential races are 50+ (50 min) and 40+ (60 min). I'll be lucky to hang in for the entire 40+ race. I could potentially replace the 40+ Cat 1/2/3 race with the Cat 3/4 race (40 min) and/or the Cat 3 race (40 min). Waiting for the Cat 3 race will make for a long day though.

I'll let you know what tanspires.

Let's see, if I filled out that chart for my 40+ years of racing, the only number greater than yours would be the number of races. There would be a whole bunch of zeroes in that table for me. I think I have maybe 12 wins over all those years and most of them have been at the state Senior Games. I have never won a weekend USAC sanctioned race. Now you're making me feel bad.