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rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > It seems to be common to think the LD riders are going faster, when 
> > in 
> > fact the opposite is true.
> >    
>
> Don't know if this would make a difference or not...but your theory is
> assuming that the riders are going a steady pace the entire ride. I think
> most of the people's complaints about the 25 are of fast *starts*. I know
> that it was a while before I was doing my later loops as fast as my early
> ones. In fact...when I was a rookie I was often going 10 mph the first
> loop and maybe 6 the last. As I got more experience it leveled out quite
> a bit...so perhaps you could do a study (you'd have to do it at a ride
> since the splits aren't available elsewhere) on the speed each distance
> does the first loop...or even first 2 miles.
>  
The 50's are starting as fast. I've worked rides enough to know the 
first 50's come in as fast if not faster than the first 25's. The 
problem with the perception I think has more to do with front running 
LD's catching up with the back of the 50's. If you started the 25's 
first you hear just the opposite - "those lame brain 50's ran me over."


> Personally, I think the problems are usually the *yahoos* just getting
> into the sport who let it rip. 
>  
Yep I suspect that's a big part of the problem. I was a ride some years 
back - doing a very slow 25. I ended up picking up sponsorship for 
"local pony club" riders doing a 25. At about 3 miles from the finish 
the front running 50, go blasting by 12 kids on horses on a narrow 
trail. I heard the screams and just blocked the damn trail Talk about 
yahoos and made them stop till I could determine if all the kids were 
okay - it not just the LDs.

Truman


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"Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back."

- Paul Erdos (1913-1996)




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