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[RC] [RC] LD Rides - Richard Sacks - KimFue

Richard,
I don't need my official time recorded to know how fast I fiished a ride.  I can keep track of that myself and I do.  I know when the ride started and I know what time we finish. I can figure out actual riding time on the trail if I don't want to include holds.  I don't need a vet card to know how fast my horse recovers.  What I do need official times for is to see how many hores I beat or that beat me.  If you are looking to see how you did in relation to other competitors then I guess the official placing is important.  Is that why you wanted your placing officially recorded? 
 
 Do you really equate entering a ride the same as riding with friends?  Rides provide me with a marked trail, water and hay along the way, a vet to check my horse, radio crews to keep track of me in case I am lost, lunch out on the trail so I don't have to carry it on the saddle, and a place to camp, usually on private land that I wouldn't be able to use if I were just with friends.  You must have really nice friends if they provide all of this for you when you go out and ride  :) 
 
Kim
 
 
How would you feel if you rode 50 miles and didn't have the times recorded. Would you do it once, twice, 5 times or maybe nine until you said why am I doing this when other organizations will record my times or I can ride with a bunch of friends and get the same jollies.