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RE: [RC] [RC] pacing & ride times? - Katrina Mosshammer<< the example assumes that you are
riding forward at a minimum pace for 10.5 hrs and never stop or pause to give
your horse water, let him graze for a minute, take a break other than vet cks,
etc. >>
I'm the world's worst
about time management in the vet checks.
Mom and I just did a 25
this past weekend. We had to check the horses in in the morning so we ended up
leaving @ 15 mins late in the morning and then we were @ 15 mins late leaving
the vet check. We walked at least half of the last loop and we still came in
with 20 mins to spare.
The first ride I did on
my new mare last year was also the first 50 I had done in 11 years, so I was
terribly out of shape. We did a 17 mile loop had a vc did an 8.5 mi loop did a
trot by did that loop again and had another vc then repeated the first loop. I
was dying after the first loop, could barely walk after the the second loop. I
ended up taking a 30 min break after my trot out just to get my legs working
again. managed to make through the third loop and left after the second vc with
close to 5 hrs to do the last loop. My legs were mush so we walked about 90% of
that last loop and still finished with 15 mins to
spare.
This spring I did the 50
at this same location and was much better prepared physically. Mom was riding
our 4 yo on his first 25 so I actually left with her and the 25's almost 35 min
after the 50 start. This time we did the 17 mi loop 3 times. I came in off of
the second loop and was overheated so I laid down and took a nap and left about
30 mins late on the last loop as well. I was pleasantly surprised when we
finished with a little over an hour to spare.
I've never been over
time. I've come close but never over. A large majority of the people that I've
seen over time the horse could have made it in time but the riders were riding
cautiously and probably underestimated their horses capabilities. That said I
would much rather see riders that underestimated their horse's capabilities than
overestimated them.
Katrina
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