Saturday or Sunday? When do you like to race?

[Delmar]

+ 1 for Saturday, for the not-back-to-work-the-next-day factor.

[thecat]

Sunday, Saturdays tends to be filled with Kids sport.

[Cronar]

Saturday all the way, I'll only ever attend Sunday races if they are short and close to home.

[OzDirtCast]

I like getting drunk on Saturday night, but at a stretch can stay sober on Friday evening, so I'm all in favour of Saturday mornings. There's also something very satisfying abou indulging yourself after a long race, which is a little harder if you need to work the next morning.

Hehehe! I hears ya! Its not necessarily about going out and getting sh#tfaced that Saturday night but being good for Friday AND Saturday night to race Sunday totally kills one's social life

[serowe]

If clubs are doing so much to create more family friendly events then why not on a long weekend? Looking at the number of women entering enduros as compared to 3 years ago there would certainly seem to be a change underway. There would seem to be more and more family teams than in previous years as well.

Cheers
MH

Probably the same reason a number of other sports avoid long weekends (except AFL of course :) ) - not only the partners of the intended competitors looking for either a quiet or away weekend, but so are many of the volunteers that help put these events on.

Add to that and you will find that costs over a long weekend usually jump by quite a lot - petrol and accomodation certainly do and many eateries (pubs, clubs, restaurants) put a 'public holiday' surcharge on their menus. What is petrol predicted to rise to at the start of Easter in Victoria? RACV are predicting $1.60 a litre, possible a bit higher...

The final point is literally the traffic getting to and from events on a long weekend. How many here would like to be competing with traffic either going away or returning from their Easter break?

[serowe]

Sunday! I fail to see the difference between driving for X hours Friday after work (in Traffic) and driving X hours Sunday after a race (possibly with traffic).
This year I'm going to try booking post-race Mondays to annual leave.

What's the difference, then, between booking the Friday to annual leave?

[jamespierce]

Saturday all the way for me.

[cjmmtb]

Saturdays for me too

[Anarchist]

Damned on a Saturday, damned on Sunday.

The idea of recovering on a Sunday always appeals after a Saturday race, but the "other" commitments on a Saturday tend to make getting a leave pass a tricky negotiation.

[jathanas]

Damned on a Saturday, damned on Sunday.

The idea of recovering on a Sunday always appeals after a Saturday race, but the "other" commitments on a Saturday tend to make getting a leave pass a tricky negotiation.

+1

Saturday mornings I execute the role of family chauffer, carting the kids around to their various sports activities. In a perfect world I'd love a day of rest after a race.