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Re: [RC] Freezing Start in SE - Dot Wiggins

Glad to hear I'm not the only one!!
At 75, doing LDs as often as I can, I still have the pipe dream to do a 50 again. Last fall the perfect one was there, kind of terrain I can handle and my horse likes, so I entered the 50. At start time it was cold and windy, the horse would have been fine, she's a good girl, but I choose to drop out. I don't handle the cold very well any more. My excuse is that I used to get paid for riding in all kinds of weather, don't need to pay some one else while I suffer now, I want to ride for fun!
Entered the LD that started later. Had a nice ride, finished TT, much nicer..
Maybe the right 50 will be there this year.

Dot

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:08 AM
Subject: [RC] Freezing Start in SE


Please Reply to: Jean Wonser jean539@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I'll give ya'll something new to beat to death:
LOL,  I decided wisdom was better part of valor
Fri. at 6 am when I scratched my 50 mile entry
at Pow Wow in GA, due to 20'sF saddle up time
temps.

Even though ride day was expected in the 60'sF
a 20F start is pretty tough.  I do not get any younger
(70) and it is really slow to warm up my muscles
joints, to say nothing of a proper warm up
on Seneca who is starting to run in Top Ten.

So I scratched the entry;

Truly ride managers need to look at reasonable
start times and when it is that frigid consider moving
forward an hour or so.  The ride start is not carved in
stone once everybody arrives on site.

Ask me about my ride injuries in frigid starts and
the list will far outweigh normal temps (above 40F is
pretty normal to expect to saddle up in winter here).

thanks for listening and talk to those ride Managers!
Jean Wonser
AERC 5352 in FL




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