Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Finish Line question for LD Riders

I'd like to add another thought to Becky's post.

If a rider takes 5:50 to ride 25 miles and can't pulse
down in 10 minutes, there may be something wrong and
that team doesn't deserve a completion.

A friend of mine finished 50 miles over a TOUGH Ozark
course.  Unfortunately, she was 3 minutes OT. 
Heartbreaking...and part of the sport.  Why should the
LD be any different?

--- Becky Huffman <Becky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> when they pulse down stops their ride time, and
> places them.   ....we've had
> this discussion before, if they come into camp at
> 5:50 and pulse down at
> 6:10, they are OT.   

> I always hate to see someone not complete - Lord
> knows - I have been
> there.... but the nature of the sport is to ride the
> trail at an appropriate
> speed to your horse and the current conditions *and*
> finish within a
> specified time frame.  ..   that is what the sport
> *is*.

=====
Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink, LIW, RRHA, RHS
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)  

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, 
and win the race!"         - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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