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[RC] The quest for the turtle award - how close to cut it... - Kristi SchaafPaul wrote: If you want to win Turtle Awards here in the Ozarks, you are going to have to slooooowww way down from a 7-7.5 mph trot. Heck, at some rides here that pace will get you into the top 5 finishers. _______________ He he he, TOO funny of a post Paul!!! Seriously, I guess my original question stemmed from the fact that my retired horse and his 9-10 mph trot still only got us a 4 or 5 hour LD (ok, I suppose the nap and grazing time messsed it up a bit). Anyway, I'm not talking averaging 7 or 7.5 mph. Say we trot our happy little 7 mph trot 2/3 of a 50 (which at this point in my life seems like A LOT of trotting), and walk the rest (for tailing, rocks, hills, etc). It will take about 4.5 hours to do the 33 miles of trotting, plus another 6 hours to do the 17 miles of walking (my horse not only trots slow, he walks pretty slow, which I HATE). Throw in a half hour of tack tinkering, easy boot fixing, watering, pee breaks, etc etc, and BOOM we're at an 11 hour 50. Pretty darn close to cutoff.... Kristi Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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