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Re: [RC] kids and endurance/LD - rides2farMy daughter wants to do an LD with me, but so > far, I haven't been able to get her over the 15 mile mark. 15 miles is a long way to ride without adrenaline. The ride day rush pretty much doubles or triples my capabilities. :-) I don't think Josie had ever ridden farther than 21 miles when she did her first 50 at age 10. She never did an LD. She was feeling sick at about 28 miles, but was happy as a clown the last 10. I've given Kaboot 1 year off which was *officially* over today. I rode him between 16 and 20 miles and I'm EXHAUSTED. (he has NO CONCEPT of gradually picking up your old level of fitness...picture a pregnant Lipizzan barreling down the trail trying to rip the reins from my hands) The difference in training rides and competition is huge for me. In competition I just hit a rhythm and it's so easy. In training we accellerate, decellerate, argue, Ugh! If I had a kid who could do 15 fine and wasn't sure about 25 I'd just take them down to Million PInes where juniors ride free...maybe not *tell* her she was welcome to quit any time but if she got unhappy, I wouldn't feel bad about wasting money. You'd have to wait another year till she was 8 though because of the SERA minimum age requirement. My biggest fear wasn't whether they could do it since you can always quit. My fear was control and whether they were safe around the other riders who may not have control. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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