The ratio of races (all levels, from 5ks to marathons) on Sundays:Saturdays is quite high. I'm wondering what the rationale for that is. I much prefer a Saturday race so I can then relax the rest of the weekend rather than having it hang over my head till Sunday.
Does anyone know what the reason for this is?
I'm with you on the preference. My understanding is that it's easier to get roads closed on Sunday and offend Christian churchgoers than to get them closed on Saturday and offend early am shoppers etc.
Sleep-in Sundays wrote:
The ratio of races (all levels, from 5ks to marathons) on Sundays:Saturdays is quite high.
Please provide data to support your hypothesis.
http://www.raceplace.com/crunla.shtmlhttp://www.runtheplanet.com/racesrunning/http://www.getsetaz.com/running-calendar.phphttp://www.coloradorunnermag.com/calendarhttp://running.net/florida-running-calendarwhat did you say? wrote:
Sleep-in Sundays wrote:The ratio of races (all levels, from 5ks to marathons) on Sundays:Saturdays is quite high.
Please provide data to support your hypothesis.
Very large races are typically held on Sundays due to convenience of traffic control and to allow Saturday for the expo.
I've lived in seven states and have observed that there are more races on Saturdays overall, but there are regional differences. In the northeast you'll see a higher ratio of Sunday races than in the south. In the bible belt there are a lot fewer Sunday races.
Runners World online did a survey several years ago to see what day was preferred for races. I think it was approximately 2:1 in favor of Saturdays but my memory could be fuzzy.
Sleep-in Sundays wrote:
The ratio of races (all levels, from 5ks to marathons) on Sundays:Saturdays is quite high.
what did you say? wrote:
Please provide data to support your hypothesis.
pecan wrote:
http://www.raceplace.com/crunla.shtmlhttp://www.runtheplanet.com/racesrunning/http://www.getsetaz.com/running-calendar.phphttp://www.coloradorunnermag.com/calendarhttp://running.net/florida-running-calendar
Okay, I admit to only checking the first link and the first month listed, but there are 9 Saturday races and the same number of Sunday races. So....?
You should have kept looking into March. The overwhelming majority of those races are scheduled for Saturdays. The OP is nuts!
the links were not supporting either side, I didnt even look at them. I just put them up there.
WOW! You're right, there are actually more Saturday races. I pulled up my local calendar (http://www.hitekracing.com/calendar/) and it's the same thing. Even if there aren't more Saturday races, it's very close, there's no way you could argue that the ratio of Sunday to Saturday races is high.
But how is this possible?? I don't think I've ever run a road race on a Saturday. Are the "bigger" races on Sundays? Why do I have it in my head that most road races are Sundays?
taking crazy pills wrote:
Why do I have it in my head that most road races are Sundays?
Maybe because you've been taking crazy pills?
yeah, there are more on Sat.'s then I expected, but for whatever reason in my area (NorCal) they seem much tougher to find. What I find here is that the bulk of the saturday races appear on two dates (2/27 and 5/8) whereas the Sunday races are more consistent (this could just be an artifact of the small sample size) with a few every weekend.
http://www.coolrunning.com/eventcal/index.php
Perhaps my observation is biased by all the San Francisco races (I've almost never found one on Sunday) where the road-closing argument dominates the scheduling.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who prefers Saturday mornings.
Whoops: I mean I almost never see a San Fran race on Saturday, not Sunday
Since you're in the PAUSAT area you can race the XC series which has almost all the races on Saturday. Of course you'll have to wait for Fall.