Re: RC: RC: An idea for LD rides

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

There are several reasons I can see for not starting 25's first.
1: Since 50's have 12 hours to complete, they are entitled to as much 
daylight as possible. In early Spring & Fall, especially in parts of the 
country where the winning times are 6-7 hours, darkness is a problem.

2: Unless the 50's were delayed the 1 1/2, the conservative riding 25's 
would get run over by the frontrunning 50's.

3: Now we're back to the issue of whether 25's should be racing at all & 
whether to format should be maintained for learning, or just another race 
distance.

Nancy Mitts
Central Region
>From: tina hicks <tina@liveonthenet.com>
>Reply-To: tina@liveonthenet.com
>To: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  RC: An idea for LD rides
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:41:19 -0600
>
>I've never quite understood this either...I can understand why the 100s
>start first and so early but they often have a loop or almost a full
>loop under their belt before the rest come storming by so being buzzed
>isn't as big a problem I don't think.
>
>Not so with 50s/25s - I've had many fly-by's <g> early to midway on the
>first loop of a 50 - I've often wondered why the start order isn't 100s,
>25s, 50s....Depending on the size of the ride it's almost impossible to
>prevent a pile-up at that first check no matter what you do so why not
>let the 25s go ahead and get down the trail. A 30 min head start would
>most of them would already be back at camp before the 50s were halfway
>around :))
>
>Are there other reasons - or maybe a rule - about starting 50s then 25s?
>
>Tina
>SE Region
>tina@liveonthenet.com
>
>"Glenda R. Snodgrass" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm wondering why rides are always arranged so that the 25 milers 
>start
> > > after the 50s.  Maybe it's time for the rides to start at the same
> > > time.  This accommodates racers & those who want to go slow, all at 
>the
> > > same time.
> >
> > I think part of separating the start times is so that all the horses 
>don't
> > hit the VC at the same time and overwhelm the vets.  However, I really
> > don't like it when the LDs start right behind the 50s -- I've been 
>swarmed
> > like Jean wrote about, and it's really unpleasant, and it makes it 
>harder
>
>
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