[RC] Giants of Endurance, Exciting for a Minute! - Paul
When I first saw the heading "Giants of
Endurance" I got really excited. At last a ride just for heavyweights. No
more chasing skinny people up and down hills! Just fellow generously
proportioned shaped people. (Even though my AERC number has me as a middle
weight, that is just a personal goal. We usually tack out well over the 212
pounds required to compete as a heavyweight.) It sounded like my kind of
ride!
Reading about the ride, it stated that it
was restricted to riders over 75 kilograms. To the un metric system
sophisticated individual, that sounded fine. Then after doing the math,
disappointment set in. Heck, that's only about 168 pounds..."Giants"? I
don't hardly think so. Then reading the results,
it appears they did about 75 miles in under 5 hours.....Out of my
league.
But it did get me to thinking. (cold weather does
that to me). One of our favorite winter arguments is about whether or
not weight affects performance in Endurance Riding and by how much.
Maybe to help settle that discussion, we should have a ride in 2009 where the
minimum weight with tack is 200 pounds? With all the Holiday treats
available, many of us could get a good running..er... waddling start on hitting
that 200 pounds with tack. "Thank you, I will take some more Christmas
cookies. I'm in training for a ride next year." We could have a true
"Giants of Endurance" Ride.
Gotta go get on the treadmill for a while.. No
point in being too much over that 200 pounds minimum. Weather forecast for the Ozarks this Saturday. " Partly sunny and in the
upper 40's. Perfect riding weather". Yippeee!!!!!
