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Sherman wrote:

> That just about says it all. It also reveals why some riders begin 
> with the tough 100s....not because of the status, but because they are 
> such a challenge. (:>) Kathy
>  
> Bruce wrote:
>  
> In all my years of endurance riding, as I compare the challenges 
> thrown at me by the trail versus other riders, the trail wins, hands 
> down. The trail has lain in wait for me, with heat, humidity, rocks 
> that aim to lame my horse, darkness, holes to step in, and very few 
> places to pee in privacy. The trail has thrown mountains, valleys and 
> rivers in my path. It has offered up exhaustion, dehydration, nausea, 
> hallucinations, a dislocated shoulder, broken ribs (okay, it was a 
> training ride), and various rashes I'd rather not talk about. 
> Meanwhile, my opponents, the other riders on the trail, have merely 
> passed me with a fresher horse, let me taste their dust, and offered 
> help whenever I had a problem on the trail. I have always tried to do 
> the same for them.
>  
> Dabney wrote:
> Neither.  They enter these rides for Status.  I've noticed over the 
> years mentions in RC posts like: "My horse is not ready (or whatever) 
> for a 100, but one day I'd like to do Tevis."
>
> 100 milers (like Angie) have responded, "why not take your horse for 
> his first 100 on an easier ride, and then try Tevis?"
>
> I'm betting that for many riders, that advice fell on deaf ears.  I 
> guess the mentality is "I may only be able to do it once, so why waste 
> time on one that won't even give me the "Big Buckle?"
The numbers show that those that take that approach:

a) have a small chance of "getting the Big Buckle,"
b) don't try any more after that.

I have to agree with Angie on this. There are an awful lot of things 
that one has to do to prepare for a 100. A shake now ride before the big 
one is a good way to maximize your probability of "getting the Big Buckle."

I think the concept of an easy 100 is absolutely wrong. There is no such 
thing as an easy 100, there are easier 100 but there is no easy 100.

Truman

--

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless 
they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”  Voltaire




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