Fw: Cutoff times

["Whitney Bass" <bass@bigsky.net>]

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> From: Whitney Bass <bass@bigsky.net>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Cutoff times
> Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 11:58 AM
> 
> 
> I think the main purpose for cutoff times is to make things a little
easier
> on RM.  The RM's usually allow more than enough time to get to each vet
> check. But they know that riders that are getting in after a certain time
> into one vet check will have a helluva time finishing the ride within the
> 12 hr or 24 hr time frame (depending on whether or not it is a 50 or
100). 
> I think that rides that use cutoff times the most are fairly large rides
> (#of riders), and they tend to be "point-to -point" instead of "loop"
> rides.  Using cutoff times allows them to have a set time when they can
> close down a vet check and start moving vets, help, etc. to other vet
> checks where they are now needed.  I know the first time that I did the
> Tevis, I barely made it under the cutoff time into Michigan Bluff vet
check
> (about 55 miles, I think) -- so, then I had to pick up my pace on the
next
> leg in order to make it before the cutoff into the Foresthill check.  And
I
> ended up finishing in about 22 hours, after picking up my  pace all the
way
> into the finish.  So, the cutoff times are legitimately trying to help
the
> riders get thru the ride, as well -- if there hadn't been any, I probably
> would've finished over time.
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> > From: guest@endurance.net
> > To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> > Subject: RC:  Cutoff times
> > Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:42 AM
> > 
> > John Bass jbass@beattynv.com
> > What is the purpose of cutoff times?  Some rides have them and others
> don't. John
> > 
> > 
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