Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Moonlight in VT

Hi all, does anyone know the person riding the VT ride with the really cool light on her helmet and her horse's browband. I'd love to get this sort of set up. I don't know whether she was in the 100 or 50. But, I saw her leave the 86 mile mark early in the finish lineup. I think she left there before Dinah and I think she had a dark horse.

 

Dolores

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Subject: [RC] Moonlight in VT

Hi All,

Thanks for all the helpful replies regarding "riding in the dark."  It was beautiful!  The moon was full and the sky was clear and the evening was cool.  You could easily see on the dirt roads as the moon was bright enough to cast shadows of the trees and us.  It was a little darker in the woods but I could still see a dark ribbon of trail and following the glow sticks was a hoot.  Only a little hairy when I got used to them being on the right but then occasionally one was on the left.  Almost went off trail but my horse knew where it was and "convinced" me not to deviate!

Decided on just one glowstick on the breastcollar and that worked fine.  With all the runners and their lights and the other horses with lights it wasn't that dark.  And with the pit stops for the horses and the aid stations for the runners there were plenty of folks about to give us company.

Only down side was our night was cut a bit short with 4 miles to go as my horse developed a muscle cramp in one hind leg so we called it a "night."  But otherwise a great deal of fun!

Jan and Fable (who got a nice massage from his crew and is good as new again)