Re: RC: putting on a ride

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 09/28/2000 5:52:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
bolinger@bigsky.net writes:

<< One of the land owners refuses to give permission to come through his 
ranch so I've had to be REALLY creative with the trails...>>

We had the same problem 18 years ago when we started to create our 100 mile 
Swanton Pacific. Creativity yields some amazing results!

<<I'd like some input...do you think twenty miles is too far to go for the 
first vet check?  (this is the fifty)>>

Not really. Not ideal perhaps, but not excessive, if that's all you have to 
work with.  I think our 50 has gone 18+ miles before the first vet check.

<<...also, on the fifty, what do you think about a vet check, with a 30 
minute hold, 2 or 3 miles from the finish???>>

Could you make that a 15 minute hold?  Thirty is probably unnecessary and 
excessive so close to the finish line, although it depends somewhat on the 
logistics of the rest of the ride.

<<Also---What do you think about having a required CRI, not only during the 
main vet check but also right before you head back out on the trail?? >>

As a ride manager, I would leave that up to the decision of the head vet.  
You're going to have enough responsibilities without thinking about vet 
criteria. But you could discuss it with him....

Barbara