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At 04:04 PM 7/6/2003, Bill Johnson wrote:

>  I was wondering how many   conditioning miles are needed to be 
competitive in 50's?

certainly depends on your mount.

Steph is bringing along a couple of 7 year olds - we're doing as many slow 
50s (like 8-10 hour rides) as we can fit in this season. We will try to add 
at least one multi-day in that mix. Then middle of the pack with them next 
year with maybe a slow 100. And then, maybe,  she'll do  a few competitive 
50s in the third year (when they are 10) with the main focus on moving them 
up in distance/speed.  Competitive riding takes a good base.  Years from 
what I've seen. The training miles/week in the first year aren't really 
that much of an issue after you've got them to the point of doing the slow 
distance.

johnt  


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