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Re: [RC] WEIGHT DIVISIONS - heidiGeez, I'm a darned criminal! Well Heidi, I can't remember a time I've ever gotten off to "go" in competition (in the middle of a loop), and seldom need to go more than once during a 50 despite drinking LOTS of fluids....can actually guzzle Cokes the average 5 hr. drive home without needing a rest stop either so must be a heck of a sweater...which makes no sense considering my inability to lose weight in competition. :-P Honest to goodness...I have never felt even *sneaky* filling up those waterbottles. Everybody I ever rode with refilled them at the finish...just getting what they started the ride with. Was always well within my weight division and don't think I ever won a BC by 2 points or less so don't suppose we need to go back and correct any record books. Won't do it in the future, but if I didn't know not to, surely there's others who don't know not to? One time I figured out how many GALLONS I had consumed before, during, and after a 100-miler in the Oregon desert and I didn't have to pee until noon the next day. And being the desert and not an overly hot day, I was never even aware that I was sweating... I guess that was an eye-opener to me--I realized that I needed to drink even MORE than I was already drinking. We worry about our horses if they don't have to pee at some point--there's a good reason for that. Admittedly I don't often have to "go" in the middle of a loop (but I HAVE managed to hydrate myself that well a couple of times), but I'm getting much better about having to "go" at at least one vet check during the day. And as inconvenient as that may be sometimes, I figure it is a good sign that I'm finally taking better care of myself. Lord knows I've reached a point in life where my riding ability isn't as spiffy as it used to be, so for my horse's sake, I've been trying to do better. I had more "capability to burn" in younger (and healthier years)--but perhaps "burning" that capability by not taking care of myself helped to contribute to being less capable now. Who knows. Anyway--I'm a pardner on the team, and my horse deserves a pardner that can pass the "EDPP" test, I figure.. 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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