Home Current News News Archive Shop/Advertise Ridecamp Classified Events Learn/AERC
Endurance.Net Home Ridecamp Archives
ridecamp@endurance.net
[Archives Index]   [Date Index]   [Thread Index]   [Author Index]   [Subject Index]

[RC] [Guest] \My Thoughts on LDs as a 1st time LD ride Manager - Ridecamp Guest

Mary Coleman caf@innernet

First I must say I have never agreed with the LD rides. I have been to the
SE and MW and indeed they are races. I still have visions of the  Hallelujah
ride where the LDs were turned loose down the same dirt road as us 100s were
coming in after the first loop. Trust me it was not a pretty sight at all.
However one must go with the flow as ECTRA learned and for the first time
ever this organization is giving mileage credit to LD riders. I'm not sure
if this is why so many came to the TCV-USA east ride or just sheer boredom
from lack of rides. However 54 signed up for the 25 miler which I laid out
very simply a 121/2 mile loop done twice. For ECTRAS mileage it must be
completed in 3/12 to 5 hours ride time. Might I say the LDs were impressive
all finished in that time range and none had trouble following the trail.
Only three were pulled due to lameness and three due to overtime. This
course could have been done a lot faster but these riders used the LD for
what it is suppose to be a learning experience. I hope a lot of them did
indeed learn and maybe move up to a 50 one day.

Mary C



=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=