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Re: [RC] Figuring MPH? - rides2farFigured this question would have been well answered by this time of night but looks like nothing but Math majors tried to help. :-P Here's my no headaches version. What you want to know is how many minutes it takes to trot a mile at different speeds. Just figure up how many minutes you rode. Divide by the miles. So, if you rode 60 minutes and rode 10 miles you were trotting 10 mph and since 10 goes into 60 6 times each mile took 6 min. If you rode 60 min. and rode 5 miles you were trotting 5 mph; and since 5 goes into 60 12 times it takes 12 min. to trot a mile. . So what you want to figure and remember and this is for the person who wanted to know how to estimate how far too. You've got to remember that 10 mph is a 6 minute mile. 5 mph = 12 min. mile, etc. Now, go mark off a mile somewhere. I have one marked off where there's a good road shoulder to trot. Trot it and time your horse. Get the feel for what an 8 minute mile feels like (60 divided by 8 = 7.5 mph) etc. If you are patient, walk it and see how fast he walks. Try walking it away from home and towards home to get the different speeds of walk, etc. Once you get the feel down, you'll estimate it well. I have to relearn the feel for different horses though. They fool me. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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