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The OD website has an explenation all about Calvary.   Here is the link.

http://www.olddominionrides.org/cavalry.html



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Suzanne Ticer" <sbticer@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Calvary Question?


> > What is riding Calvary in an endurance ride?  I have never seen that term 
> > before.  Is it only at the OD ride?
>
> Well, riding "calvary" means I pray a lot.  ;-)  (As in, at the 50-mile
> point, "Oh, God, why did I enter the 75?")
>
> Riding "cavalry" is likely what you meant, though.  It means doing the
> whole ride not only without a crew, but without assistance from anyone,
> without sending stuff ahead to vet checks, and with only the natural
> things that are available.  You carry anything you want to eat for the
> entire ride, you carry grain if you want to feed it at vet checks, etc.
> (Sometimes you call on "calvary" then, too...)
>
> Heidi
>
>
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