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Wellllll... I didn't really overlook it because the time to reach criteria is included in everyone's final recorded "ride time" except once - at the end of 50 or more miles.

 

So I should have specified that "ride time" = max time - hold time, so some of that "ride time" will be time to meet criteria.

 

I used to be in the camp that thought "less hold time is better because you have more ride time" but the more important factor is to learn to pace within time limits.

 

Kristen

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:44 PM
To: 'Kristen A Fisher'; carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; orrinandginger@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] racing/25milers

Kristen, there is one factor you have overlooked here.  I hadn’t done a 25 in many years and had forgotten a lot about them until the last two weeks when I took my “chubby guy” Sunny to Skymont and River Run and did 25’s.  In 50’s you have ALL the time to finish…right up to the second as long as you cross the FINISH LINE in the 12 hours.

 

In 25’s, you have to allow SOME time to get back to camp and recover IN THE SIX HOURS.  You finish when your horse recovers to a pulse of 60, not when you cross the finish line, so you have to include a little “fudge factor” in the time needed for a 25, depending on how well your horse recovers.

 

Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic

 

Richard T. "Jim" Holland

Three Creeks Farm

175 Hells Hollow Drive

Blue Ridge, Ga 30513

(706) 258-2830

www.threecreeksarabians.com

Callsign KI4BEN

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kristen A Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:10 PM
To: carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; orrinandginger@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] racing/25milers

 

25s have 6 hours including holds, 50s have 12 hours including holds. It may seem like the 50s have a lot longer to finish but it's a misconception. I used to think that the percentage of hold time was lower for 50s, but then I did the math on my first 50:

 

25: hold time = 1 hour, 83 % of total allowed time is "ride time"

50: hold time = 1 hour, .75 hours, .5 hours = 2.25 hours hold time = 81% of total allowed time is "ride time"

 

The argument that the 25s have less time than the 50s just doesn't hold up.

 

Kristen