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RE: [RC] Some Thoughts on Pacing (Part 1) - Teri HunterI agree. Sand is better than clay and mud. You don't have the suction with sand that you do with mud. I train on regular terrain and sand terrain. I LOVE the Florida rides. You can't beat the riders, the ride managers and the volunteers. Teri Hunter -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:40 AM To: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Cc: lanconn@xxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Some Thoughts on Pacing (Part 1) rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote: On the sand. Man, your trails are like mine at home so sand is a killer for us. I avoid it like the plague which explains why I have no FLA rides on my record. I have done the 100 at Liberty, but he also strained a suspensory in that ride. Kaboot's only two injuries that I can think of that took him out of competition were both due to sand. The first was a torn tendon sheath at Graniteville (Million PInes seems to be within our tolerance level). People talk about finding a doable first 100 and think "flat", but "doable" is relative. For your horses and mine Biltmore is like home and sand is an alien situation. I've never been to the Biltmore where there wasn't at least some mud during the day. I'll take sand every day of the week over mud. I've been injured twice in this sport. One was because of the mud (at the Biltmore) when my horse rolled when the gound gave way. The mare was injured twice in her career - both at the Biltmore because of mud. To each his own but I'll take FL sand any day over red (or yellow) clay mud. Truman -- “A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” Harry S. 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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