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[RC] 100 mile experience / advice - rides2farRemember, some of the best coaches in sports never excelled in their sport but did have extremely good analytical minds I had read everything available about endurance, pacing, getting through a 100 and thought I was well informed. Thank goodness Lynda Corry took the trouble of coming from Texas to guide me through my first 100 in Mississippi. There were a million things that weren't "important" enough to make the articles that were the difference between finishing and not finishing. Dave Bennett was on Ben Amil that day and he and I had trained together, had about the same amount of horse and had studied all the same articles. He didn't have an experience mentor and didn't realize just how much he needed to hurry to get to a certain point on the trail before dark. I finished and he had to pull at 80 miles because he couldn't find the trail. The difference that day had nothing to do with ability, or the horse, it had to do with advice from an experienced 100 miler getting me through it. I don't think Susan's saying nobody else has anything to add that's relevant, but think about it. Picture the sort of person who's never done a 100 who wants to tell anyone they can corner "the right way". My experience is the more we know the more we realize we don't know. Chances are that person hasn't gotten to the point of realizing how little they know...so I'd avoid them. I've noticed most experienced 100 milers don't say, "You have to do this" instead they say, "this worked for me". There's a difference. They're trying to help you but admitting there may be better ways and they know they don't know everything. 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! ============================================================ The only thing worse than crewing for a female Endurance rider is crewing for a wet, tired female Endurance Rider! A good crew person has patience, a sense of humor, and knows that sometimes it's best to say nothing at all! ~ Jim Holland ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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