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>  >   I do believe Lew Hollander used to do that in his younger days here in
> >  the Northwest. On foot, run an entire 50 miler next to his horse and
> >  still come in with good time. I think I remember hearing he did 100s
> >  that way too, mostly running on foot. But he is an ultramarathoner and
> >  I believe he has done the Western States 100 Run (Tevis) several times
> >  and has won many ride & ties. He is getting older now so I think he
> >  has slowed down. I'll have to check his book he wrote on Endurance
> >  riding. It gives all the details. Amazing guy!
>
> I know that Lew has run entire LD rides with his horse, but to the best of
> my knowledge he has not run an entire 50 with his horse, and certainly not
> a 100.  But he did do a lot of groundwork.
>
> I rode quite a bit in the days that Lew was an active rider, and passed
> him more than a few times on the downhills when he was off running and I
> stayed on my reliable horse with "4-leg-drive."
>
> When it generally takes a human well over two hours to win a marathon (and
> most do it quite a bit slower than that), while a runner may make "good"
> time running with his horse, it would be a pretty rare person who could do
> a 50 in the sub-4 hour times that are sometimes posted with footing
> comparable to the sorts of areas where people routinely run.  And the
> tougher terrain that slows horses down likewise slows down human runners.
> So while it is entirely possible to finish in good time running most of
> the way, it is darn difficult to be competitive and run more than some of
> the dicey spots.
>
> Heidi

OTOH, Tim Twietmeyer (#510) ran with the horses at Tevis this year, 
and was 10th across the finish line.  But he wasn't slowed down by 
the holds required of the horses -- he could just keep running.
--


Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/

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