Re: RC: Re: Safe starts at races...

["B.E. Jackson" <riosanbravo@hotmail.com>]

Well, that is good news. I've been told that in LDs, if you linger back too 
long, you're likely never to catch the front runners. Any comments?

>From: "Whitney Bass" <bass@bigsky.net>
>Reply-To: <bass@bigsky.net>
>To: "B.E. Jackson" <riosanbravo@hotmail.com>, <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  Re: Safe starts at races...
>Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:18:00 -0700
>
>The easiest way to have a safe start at a ride (I've found) is to avoid the
>start of the race.  I wait for most of the riders to leave (while I
>continue warming my horse up away from the start area), then I head out.
>It seems to be easier on my horse (they don't burn so much needed energy in
>the first 10 miles or so), and it's much safer because I avoid the majority
>of the "traffic".  And, yes, you can still compete using this technique --
>I rarely finish out of the top ten.  Hope this helps!

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