Answer: Yikes. That is alot of racing early in the course of the program. Remember, early in the program you are going to be winding down your base period and starting to ramp things up. With some paddlers we need to hammer on them to get them to race to get in some practice before their big event. Other paddlers we need to reign in a bit and get them to focus on their training as much as their racing. Looks like you fall into the latter group. Soooo.

• You might consider racing a little less. Focus on your base, get your recovery in, and maybe just pick one or two of those races. If you are racing three weekends in a row you are not taking your rest week. You might be able to handle it. On the other hand you might be cooking yourself early in the program so you will not be able to benefit from what is coming later.
• Another option if these races are short and hard (please tell me you are not doing a 30 mile race or anything) is to swap out a Thursday interval workout for one of your weekend races.
• The one thing you do not want to do is give up your long weekend aerobic paddle for a short race. That is a key workout.