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Re: [RC] [AERC-Members] HRM at Vet Check Poll - Joe LongOn Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:20:16 -0700, "Bob Morris" <bobmorris@xxxxxxxx> wrote: So in fact you would have two rides being held concurrently over the same course and under the same rules except for pulse recovery time. This give thought to a few questions; if there are fewer than 10 riders declaring for the "race" category, what happens to the points? If you declare for the "complete" category and find that you are in the top runners can you "upgrade" to the "race" category? These are some of the questions that have caused me to withold judgement on Matthew's idea. It's one of those ideas that, when you first look at it, makes you think "Hey, that's a great idea!" But then the longer you consider it, the more little "bomblets" like this appear. There could be all kinds of unintended consequences from this approach. I also think it's at least partly based on a false premise, that it is the folks running for Top Ten who get their horses into metabolic trouble. I have not seen any evidence that the Top Ten riders have any higher incidence of metabolic problems than the rest of the field, and in fact I suspect it is the other way 'round. But then, most of the folks running for Top Ten won't have any problem meeting the 15 minute recovery, and those that do are the ones who do need to slow down. So it may be a good way to go, if the issues like the ones you raised can be worked out. If we try something like this, I think we should do so the way other improvements have been tried (such as the CRI): at a few selected rides to see how it actually works in practice, before even thinking about mandating it for all AERC rides. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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