IM Repeat offenders

Just becuase I have nothing better to do tonight, I decided to see how many people are doing IMKY this year that also did it last year.  I put the 2007 finishers list in Excel and then appended the list with 2008 participants/  I then sorted the list to find "unique" entires (only on the list once).  The differnce in the unique list and the combined list are the people on the list twice....and this is the number of people who are doing the race a second time...that is, if my logic is right.

Anyway, I came up with 226 people signed up to race IMKY for a second time. 

I was kinda suprised that this number was so low.  I did a local spring tri 5 years in a row, 6 times total.  I did the same marathon 4 times.  I guess I figure if I find a race I like, why look further?  :-)

Maybe I'm the exception rather than the norn.  I'm about 74.3% sure I'll do it next year too....and maybe the year(s) after that.  I've thought about doing a different IM but this one is close and easy to get into....and I really like the course, so why look for a different race?

I suppose there are a great number of people who will do an IM and go back to shorter distances and never do another one.  And then there are people who want to try different venues.

What are your thoughts about repeating a race?

~Mike