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Re: [RC] Getting the guts to actually do it-100's - Truman PrevattA crew is always nice, but not necessary. On the first one if you can get a crew I will make your life a lot easier. A very important thing is to take care of yourself. If you are waisted - you will not help your horse and before long both of you will be waisted. Be sure to drink enough, take your electrolytes, eat what makes sense to you on the ride.Good luck. Truman Tiffany D'Virgilio wrote: So-for those of us seriously contemplating the lunacy of doing a 100- what are some of the best rides for a first timer? Also, please address the importance of a crew and any other issues and needs that are different from 50's. It's not the riding and pacing, or night riding that give me the willies, it is picking the ride and getting the crewing, logistics and of course, preparing my body for the pain of it, though I suppose the pain can't be too different from 50's. I've been aiming to do a 100 since before I started, and now that I have a horse more suited to it (she just trots all day, takes care of herself, doesn't waste energy, and doesn't pull my arms off for 25 miles), I'll be looking to do one next year if I can get up my nerve. I almost never have a crew, so I guess I'll have to hit up my friends:) -- “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” Voltaire =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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