Overall time is calculated from the designated
starting time for the ride, regardless of when YOU start. If you start 15
minutes later, you have just lost 15 minutes off your total allowed time to
complete the ride. Same as for a vet check. If the check hold time
is 1 hour, and you stay 1 and 1/2 hours, you have 1/2 hour less time in order to
complete the ride. The overall time for a 50 miler is 12 hours. If
that ride has 2 hours of total mandatory hold times, you have 10 hours of riding
time to complete the ride. If you start late and stay longer in a vet
check, you have less than 10 hours of riding time to complete the
ride.
Barbara McCrary, ride mgr. Swanton Pacific
75/100 "The most beautiful trail in the world"
So, if I understand this correctly, if I leave the start gate at a ride
fifteen minutes after the starting herd, that time is not taken off my own
time??? And, same for if I stay in a hold after the VC for longer than the
designated hold time? I'm new and learning this all.
Laura "Not all who wander are lost." (jrr
tolkien)
