But if you don't need them in LDs why do you need them in 50s and 100s. Isn't the ride enough. Doesn't the same arguments apply to those rides as well. Why doesn't it apply to 5K, 10K, marathons and ultra marathons in the running world.
Because 50s and 100s are clearly defined in our by laws as a race so over all times have to be given even if only a few are truely racing.
