Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Jerez - a few thoughts

    I agree with you and Angie too.  I like to have 2 one hour holds on a
100 and one on a 50, maybe only 45 minutes if it's cold.  And it also makes
sense to have the longer loops at the beginning.
    Swanton Pacific does a great job in this respect.  First loop is 35
miles--weeds out marginal horses before they get in trouble, gets a lot of
mileage done while horses and riders are fresh and it's cool and light out.
Then as the day goes on, the VCs get closer together--but there's another
hour hold so the horses get a chance to refuel.
    I'm wondering if endurance is naturally falling into a "professional"
category that is very serious, moneyed, and likely to "push the envelope"
and then there's people like me, and my endurance buddies, whose motto is
"girls just want to have fun"--AND happy, healthy horses--even if it means
we have to finish in the dark.  Angie--you seem to successfully stradle both
worlds!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dabneyesq@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Jerez - a few thoughts


>
> > > I'd love to hear what in your opinion is the safest way
> > > (metabolically for the horse) to get through the "sub-10 hour 100s"
> > which seem to be  the goal .
> >
> > Dabney,
> > Who am I to tell how to get through a sub-10 hour 100? I've never done
> > one.  But I wouldn't have wanted to do a 100 with only 4 stops of 40
min.
> > (Isn't that what it was?) at the speed *I* do 100's. Much less the speed
> > they go.
>
> I have to agree with Angie.  Way way back when, I did one sub-9 100.  We
had
> SEVEN stops, and three of those were hour holds.  I've vetted a heckuva
lot
> of sub-10 hundreds, with VERY few problems, and virtually all of them had
6
> to 7 holds, with at least three being at least 45 minutes in duration.
Just
> taking a pause, refueling, rehydrating, etc. seems to make all the
> difference in the world.  It also gives the ride vets more opportunities
to
> get hands on the horses to assess them, so that horses are slowed down or
> stopped BEFORE the problems develop.
>
> I'd also add that while a long loop may be fine in the beginning, the
> 29-mile loop toward the end of the WEG seems scary to me.  I like to see
the
> loops or legs get somewhat shorter as the ride progresses and fatigue
starts
> to mount.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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