Re: RC: Re: RE: RE: Cutoff Times

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

If you traveled at a speed of 4 1/6 miles per hour it would take you 24 hours
riding time.  Considering any vet checks holds of say 3 hours, you would be
over time by about 3 hours. So while the "average speed" including holds is 24
hours per 100 or 4 16 mph, one needs to maintain a speed of about 5 mph on the
trail to finish.

This is what I think the original poster had in mind.

Truman

Bo Parrish wrote:

> So, Bob, whatever happened to the rule that had "a rate of 4.167 mph"
> somewhere in it way back when (I can't remember the year that I last saw
> this in the rule book). I think it used to be listed in Rule 5.
>
> Linda Parrish
> Kennard, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net>
> To: McGraw, George <gmcgraw@amtech.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
> <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:31 PM
> Subject: RC: RE: RE: Cutoff Times
>
> >Since the criteria for completion is based on an average speed of 4.1666
> mph
> >then any cutoff times should be based on the same rationale. Thus the
> >concept of a speed of 5 mph for cutoff at a vet check could be considered
> as
> >erroneous. Consider a vet check (hypothetical only for example)at 40 miles
> >this means you must be there in 8 hours leaving 4 hours for the last ten
> >miles. This is a rate of 2.5 mph. If a rider wants to do the ride at a rate
> >of 4mph and arrive at the vet check in ten hours that is the riders
> >prerogative if they are going to complete. Then they just up the speed to
> >5mph and complete in the required 12 hours (for a 50)
> >
> >Using George's reading of the rule 6 the Ride management could have set a
> >time limit of six hours at the 40 mile point (6.66mph not unreasonable)and
> >you would then have six hours to complete the last ten miles.
> >
> >No, there must be some sensible, definitive reasoning if there are to be
> >cutoff times applied. If not, then we get into the realm of some of the FEI
> >rides (18 hrs for 100 miles) and lose the concept of our traditional
> >endurance riding.
> >
> >I
> >Bob

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