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Title: “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster

Bob spurred my interest and I looked at the metabolic pulls for the years 04 through 06. Those three years there were 1298 metabolic pulls (M only not RO metabolic). Of those 1142 were by AERC members and 156 by day members.

There were 906 individual members that accounted for the 1142 metabolic pull. Of those 716 had one metabolic pull, 154 had two metabolic pulls, 28 had 3 metabolic pulls, 7 had four metabolic pulls, none had 5 metabolic pulls and 1 had six metabolic pulls over the three year period.

I glanced through the history of the three years for the riders with 6 and 4 metabolic pulls to see if anything jumped out.

The rider with six started 41 rides, finished 30 and also had 3 lameness (L only) pulls and a completion rate of 73%. The one thing that struck me was this rider had 3 metabolic in 04 - two on one horse and one on another.  The rider had 5 of the 6 metabolic pulls and started 17 rides in 2004. The other metabolic pull came in 2005.  The rider rode primarily in the West region. The rider is a lightweight.

The riders with four metabolic pulles:
1. 14 starts 8 finishes and 1 lame pulls completion rate = 57%
In 2005 this rider started 5 endurance rides and one LD. They were pulled in 4 of the 5 endurance rides for metabolics - all on the same horse. The rides were primarily in the NE region. The rider is a featherweight.

2. 25 starts 15 finishes and 2 lame pulls completion rate = 60%
Both days of a two day ride on the same horse! The rider rides fairly slow. The rides are primarily in the CT region. The rider is a heavyweight.

3. 23 starts 13 finishes and 5 lame pulls completion rate = 56.5%
Nothing really jumps out here except the low completion rate. Most of the rides were in the West region. The rider is a middle weight.

4. 36 starts 24 finishes and 5 lame pulls completion rate = 66.7%
Nothing really jumps out here. Most of the rides are in the MW region. The rider is a lightweight.

5. 41 starts 33 finishes and 4 lame pulls completion rate = 75.6
A metabolic pull on one day of a two day followed by a lame pull the second, however, the rider was riding a different horse the second day. Most of the rides were in the SE region. The rider is a middleweight.

6. 75 starts 65 finishes and one lame pull completion rate = 86.7%
Nothing really jumps out here. Most of the rides were in the W region. The rider is a featherweight.

7. 50 starts 38 finishes and 3 lame pulls completion rate = 76%
On a three day ride they were pulled for metabolics on day one and ride the same horse the next day (to a very slow finish.)
Most of the rides were in the CT region. The rider is a heavyweight.

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“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”  Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil