statistics on AERC rides...

["Michael Maul" <Michael.Maul@nsc.com>]

A question came up on another endurance group board about completion rates
for 100s vs 50s.  Some of the statistics from the 1999 yearbook are below..

> see page 70 of 99 yearbook.
> 
> average for all regions finishing 100s is 62%.  lowest region is ps at 56%
> - best is sw at 79%
> 
> 50s average finishing rate  85% with a MT high of 93% and a low 79%
> in NE and SE
> 
> LD finishing rate is 89%.
> 
> as usual - the 100s are a very small fraction of total riders - only 6%
> of the membership competed in 1 day 100s.  thought this used to be almost 10%
> a few years ago so the AERC is really a group that mostly does LD and
> 50s.  Perhaps because there are so few 100s? and looks like 100s getting 
smaller.
> 
> LD represents 32% of the total and likely growing.  SE and Central have by far the
> largest LD programs with 36% of the total LD even though they are some of the
> smaller rider regions. I know both of these regions have made a significant
> effort to grow these programs - not only as entry points into endurance
> riding but also for economic reasons.
> 
> Mike