How do you all plan your race calendar for the season?
Wrapping up the season now and doing a bit of a retro on how I planned my races this year — curious how other people approach this.
I ran into a few issues along the way: races that ended up too close together for proper recovery, build races that didn’t really complement my A-race, and at one point realizing I’d signed up for something right in the middle of a peak training block I needed for something else.
Looking back, I’m not sure I’d plan it the same way next year. Do you map out the whole season in advance, or go more race-by-race as the year unfolds? Spreadsheet, coach, gut feeling?
Curious what’s worked (or not) for people who’ve been doing this a while — trying to plan next season a bit smarter.