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In a message dated 1/20/03 5:25:02 PM Mountain Standard Time, Marinera@xxxxxxx writes:

> Now we are 
> scaring newcomers to death that you have to be superman on a super horse to 
> go a hundred miles. You do not.  The average rider and the average horse can 
> manage quite nicely. 

    Perhaps, rather than looking at it as 100 miles, we should look at it as getting to ride for only 24 hours (or a little less).  
    It's only one day, after all.
    And, when a rider goes in to it knowing that, it seems to "temper" the day.
    Going into a hundred in a hurry usually ensures an early "finish" for the horse and rider, but not necessarily a completion.
     :^)--<Frank