How do you decide what races to do?

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Hackett May 2013 1:52pm, 16 May 2013 1,385 posts	0 Hackett Kaiser , I don't love any races to be fair .....
leaguefreak May 2013 2:01pm, 16 May 2013 4,641 posts	0 leaguefreak 2 young kids, so .... Can I be home to spend time with the kids in the afternoon? Any other Fetchies doing it? Check the results to make sure I won't be last by half an hour. Just recently did a 10k with fun run/family activities - chosen because near my mum's. The kids loved it, so now looking for ones with fun runs and easy to get to. Also I try to do Penny Lane Striders 10k because I loves it; I am never ever ever ever doing the Liverpool Women's 10k or any of its derivatives. It's not a "bad race" - it's just I've hated it twice and life's too short. But Mulbs always does it and loves it, so I guess it's personal taste.
rf_fozzy May 2013 2:10pm, 16 May 2013 4,533 posts	0 rf_fozzy Various reasons. I've a tendency to do some races every year because I enjoy them, or because they are Champs races etc. As I get better on the fells, I'm tending to do more and more fell races and less on the roads. In fact, I haven't done a road race since London Marathon I think . This year, I decided to do all the English Fell Champs races (except for Wasdale - not ready for that just yet!!), because they were the champs races and it meant I would enter 5 races I'd never done before. I then fit in orienteering races when I can - this often means I do a lot of races, but I like racing. Things might change a bit when I start marathon training for Snowdonia.
Too Much Water May 2013 3:09pm, 16 May 2013 3,479 posts	0 Too Much Water Generally the criteria are - near home, organised by a club, not a charity or commercial venture, hills in a road race not always a bad thing, cheap to enter. Don't give a monkeys about the goodie bag. The option to have a shower and a cuppa afterwards is more important
McGoohan May 2013 3:15pm, 16 May 2013 7,963 posts	0 McGoohan Largely ditto. And I'm not bothered about the shower. I'll just stink on public transport Not put off if it's a charity event as clubs tend to be involved in the support/org/marshalling etc. I'd prefer not to have a goodie bag/medal if it made the entry fee cheaper
Topcat2 May 2013 3:21pm, 16 May 2013 615 posts	0 Topcat2 Again ditto for me but prefer a medal and it to be a race i havemnt done before or done in ages