In Bompa's theory on loading and unloading, 3 weeks of consecutive increases in volume and intensity, then a recovery week of about half the highest week, when do you race? If you race in the hardest week your performance will suffer. If you race in the recovery week your week is no longer a recovery week as a race is the hardest stimulus you can get. Can anyone clarify when he expects a race to fit in the schedule? After the last letsrun training talk and these flotrack convention video's it seems a lot of coaches use this approach to setting up their training.