Re: RC: Re: LD and BC

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The idea of a minimum time for completion is intriguing, but depends so much 
on the terrain to determine what is reasonable that it would have to be set 
for each ride, maybe based on the past several years' finish times?  But 
there are people (like me in the past) who only want to go fast, who have 
(had) no intention of doing 50's.  LD means different things to different 
people.  At first I saw LD as the goal--never wanted to do 50's or more.  As 
I learned more, I wanted more.   Should I have been penalized for having a 
different outlook then?  

Some people have mentioned that newbies should start out in CTR.  Great if 
they have rides in your area.  NW region has no NATRC rides that I have been 
able to find, and the so-called CTR rides in our area are pretty cliquish.  
They have many obstacles, and everyone moseys along at literally 2MPH, spends 
more time visiting than riding, and all the obstacles have a wait time 
ranging from 10 to 30 minutes.  Besides, if you show up in tights and a 
helmet everyone asks if your one of them endurance riders and I have actually 
heard people say we didn't belong at "their" ride.  The point being, LD truly 
is a training exercise, but we aren't all training for the same thing.  

jeri (50's in my future!)