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Re: [RC] ride "stats" reporting section on SERA website - rides2farTruman, The interesting thing I found when crunching numbers from the top 10 rider's cards was to record not AERC "ride time" but the actual time spent on the trail (subtract recovery time). If this info remains private where either those who crunch the numbers do not see rider names, or only the rider sees it, I'd suggest that they list recovery times and true traveling time. Otherwise probably the only ones who'd be good about recording it would be those who are proud of their recoveries. Case in point where this has interested me. Ben Amil, the horse Josie rides started getting girth rubs 2 years ago. Up until that time his recoveries had always been better than Kaboots (or practically anyone else's). As he aged his skin got loose and no matter what girth or lubricants we tried he got rubs. I knew we were conditioning less simply because we were avoiding rubs at home too so wasn't surprised when his recoveries started being the same or slower than Kaboots...then we decided to just ride with an extremely loose girth. BINGO. Rather than 60 he was 48. Recovery times can often tell you things *other* than your horse's conditioning level. When we're looking at our cards wondering when a problem started, the slow rise in recovery rate times would be a great clue. I read in Endurance World something about how the top horses were trotting right into the box. My experience with a super recovering horse was that if I would slow down and walk/trot the last 1/2 - 3/4 mi. he passed those who hurried in (even the very good ones). Tracking recovery times vs. true mph (time traveled minus recovery times) could let us know which method worked best for this horse. Angie On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:50:11 -0500 Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: We are looking at setting up an area on the SERA website so riders can enter and track their ride stats. This can be used by any rider from any region. While this is somewhat an electronic "log book" it is envisioned to contain more data than just "all A's." that the rider can use to track his/her progress and might provide valuable information about our sport when looked on in the aggerate. Some of the information we think would be important for each ride are the following: Weather Conditions Trail Conditions Miles MPH Conditioning, End, CTR, Ride and Tie Descriptive field saying the how they conditioned (trot 10 min) Conditioning for what mileage We are working out the mechanics now and want your input. What would you like to see? Please keep in mind that if it's two complicated our web master will wring my neck ;-). Thanks Truman =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ________________________________________________________________ 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! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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