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Re: [RC] [RC] Elevator Ride Rules - heidiI would take . . . .held over the same course at the same time. . . . to mean that both distances are doing the same loops in the early part of the ride, with the longer distance just doing extra loops after the shorter distance is completed. I've been on LDs where we completed at lunch back at camp and then the 50s went out and did another 25 after lunch -- those rides could easily convert to elevators. But at Cinquenta Anos we had the 25s on an almost totally different trail from the 50s (even though they had common vet checks, all away from the finish) -- that ride couldn't have functioned as an elevator ride. The course needs to be planned to allow elevating riders to join the flow of the longer distance seamlessly. Lynn, you're right. I've managed rides with both scenarios--first, where the LD simply does the first loop of the 50 but starts later, and second, where the LD does something entirely different altogether. The former is conducive to elevating; the latter is not. 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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