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Re: [RC] Ways To Know You Are Ready for 100 Miler? - Joe LongOn Mon, 17 May 2004 16:22:13 -0400, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hollander suggest a 6 hour 50 as the key. When you think about it if they can do a 50 in 6 hours you won't want to do the first 50 of a 100 in that time. So say 7 hours. Since the horse has done a 50 already he won't do the second 50 in 7 hours so say 8 hours. Now depending on where you ride you will most likely end up in the dark and you will slow down. That adds an hour or two. Now your are looking at between 15 to 17 hours out. Add 3 hours hold time and your are looking at 18 to 20 hours. That leaves your with the necessary margin of time to get lost and still make it ;-). So a 6 to maybe 7 hour 50 seems to be a pretty good number to shoot for. I think that's about right. I would add that you and your horse need to be able to do 50 mile rides in seven hours or less AND not be exhausted at the end of the ride -- still feel able to go back out. If you're making 50 in seven hours but are completely hammered at the end, how are you going to do 50 more? I'm not saying "not feel tired." There is a different psychology in riding a 100 than a fifty. As you approach the 50-mile vet check you are thinking of it as only a vet check, not the end. Of course, you're also pacing for 100 miles (that is, riding more slowly). So you don't feel the same as you would if you were finishing a 50. It may sound strange, but that's how it works. In fact, that's something to keep in mind when deciding to try a 100. You will NOT feel as "used up" after 50 miles of a 100 as you may be feeling at the end of a fifty. Something about being focused on the miles to go makes a real difference. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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