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Re: [RC] Ride Times? - Heidi SmithAccording to the rules, "5.3 Riding time is the time used by the competitors to complete the course, excluding all hold times, and is the time used for AERC ride results.", however I noticed that on a recent ride result posting times were MUCH shorter than what I had calculated. Ex; 6:30am - 5:00pm with 30min Vet1, 15min pulse hold, 45min lunch - then finish. Total = 90 min recorded hold. Ride should be apprx 9hrs? Posting result times was 7hr 39mins??? I presume you are talking about 50 miles here. The elapsed time allowed for 50 miles is 12 hours--but this is a maximum time. There is no minimum time. In your example above, if the ride started at 6:30 a.m., the riders would have until 6:30 p.m. (12 hours elapsed time) to complete--however, since they have a total of 90 minutes' worth of holds, the slowest possible riding time would be 10 hours and 30 minutes. Very few riders take the entire time to complete the course, and depending on the difficulty of the course, the faster horses may well be considerably faster than that. So if the rider completed with a riding time of 7 hrs and 39 minutes, that was his elapsed times minus his hold times. His elapsed time would have been 9hrs 9min--he would have crossed the finish line at 3:39 p.m. No, the extra time at holds is not considered--the clock is running, and time you spend at checks both recovering at the beginning (before your hold time starts) and taking extra time if your horse needs it is a part of your riding time. If you look through the ride results, you will see quite a variation in the faster riding times for different courses. Hope this explanation helps. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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