Ridecamp: RE: [RC] LD 6 hours, NRR needs VOLUNTEERS!

John,

Besides the fact that I conceptually deplore the idea of turning LD 
into a long pleasure ride:

At Norco Riverdance we would absolutely hate the concept of 12 hr 
LD--that means our outcheck has to be manned a whole lot longer and 
our anti-vandalism on-trail monitors, number checkers and street 
crossing law enforcement patrols would also have to work longer 
shifts.

I would not be able to put on this ride, because we depend on being 
able to lift and shift vets and volunteers to subsequent vet 
checks--and we can't draft enough volunteers to cover those extended 
hours.

**If any NRR riders are reading this, we need more vet check 
volunteers!  Too many of our volunteers have turned into riders this 
year, perhaps because of the fact that we're taking next year off. 
We'll feed 'em lunch and give them a lovely polo shirt...  :-)

Anybody else run a ride that needs 80 volunteers, short of the NCs or 
ROC?  Ah, the urban ride experience.

Lynne


At 10:40 AM -0700 8/19/02, John A. Teeter wrote:
> I was also thinking on this, that the MAX time shouldn't really be a big
> issue in the LD events.
>
> That is, max time is more related to RM and Vet convience because they have
> to be there till the competition is over (i.e. the max time).
>
> The participants in LD shouldn't have to worry much about being overtime,
> its a shorter distance and they need to be able to go at whatever pace is
> correct for them.
>
> Why do we have a cut-off time for LD?
>
> LD's are only held in conjunction with endurance distances (where the max
> time is at least 12 hours). Why not make the max time in LD 12 hours
> (inclusive of the 30 min pulse criteria:)
>
> It's no burden on the RMs the Vets or the Horses is it??
>
> johnt

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