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> What can we do about awarding bonus points?  Is there any GOOD reason
> why bonus points aren't awarded?
Actually, there are two good reasons.  Those who elevate have the
privilege of stopping earlier and still getting credit--something that
those who commit to the distance up front don't have.  And those who
elevate usually are starting at a different time--so there is no way of
knowing how to place people who might have the same "time" by the clock
but were running an hour apart, so that they had no opportunity to pit
their strategies against each other on the trail.  Although I'm one who
pretty much rides my own ride, I will still make variations depending on
where the next person is in my weight division.  Is it fair for me, if I
enter the 50 "up front" at the beginning, to have to hustle "just in case"
a HW from the LD elevates and moves me back a place?  No--I should be able
to rely on the fact that since the next HW is an hour behind me, I can
spare my horse more this weekend, so that he has more left for the next
ride.  Points are based upon placing--and you can't fairly place people
who are not "running on the same clock" so to speak.

Heidi



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