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[So_Cal_Endurance] Re: [RC] [RC] Why not more 100's? - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: kim kimfue@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Terry and anyone else interested,
   What Dabney wrote below is true.  Both of the PS 100 mile rides, 20 MT &
Californios, both loop back to basecamp.  Both of these rides have very safe
trail for riding in the dark.  The course at Californios is set up so that
everyone is finished with 99% of the single track trail before dark.  I have
ridden both rides without crew and it wasn't a problem.  20 MT has one of
the 1 hr holds back in basecamp anyway.  It makes it nice because I believe
this is at the 65 mile point and you don't have to send your night gear out
with a crew bag.  If you are worried about getting lost don't leave the vet
check without a riding buddy.  I have not had a problem with the markings at
both these rides after dark.  I know that 20 MT sometimes has a reputation
for poor marking but I did not find that the last time I rode it.  I rode
the last 35 mile loop by myself in the dark and didn't get lost and I am not
the best at following trail even when it is perfectly marked.
    Dabney made a very good point in one of her posts to this list.  Ride
managers are not going to put on 100s if riders do not support that
distance.  I know there are PS riders out there that do not aspire to ride
more then 50 miles and have no desire to enter a 100 and the following
comments are not for them.  But I know there are lots of riders that want to
ride 100s sometime but just never get around to it for whatever reason.
None of us really know if our horses are fit enough for a 100 until we
actually compete at that distance.  Even if you enter and don't finish the
100 mile distance you will get an idea if your horse is 70 miles fit, 80
miles fit, 90 miles fit and be able to adjust your training/conditioning
program so that your horse will be better prepared for the next 100.  A non
completion on your horse's record is not a failure if  it helps you pinpoint
your horse's weaknesses or holes.  It gives you an opportunity to
train/condition so you can take your horse to the next level of endurance
the next time a 100 mile ride is offered.  The timing of 20 MT in February
really does give riders an opportunity to see where their horse is at and
then have a few months to fine tune your training/conditioning for the
Summer 100s like Californios, Tevis, and Swanton.

Kim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dabney Finch" <dabneyesq@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "terry banister" <terrybanister@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
<So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <endurancegary@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <onetflady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: [So_Cal_Endurance] Re: [RC] Why not more 100's?




Terry wrote:
But I don't have any crew! Who will move my trailer?  And I get lost in

daytime (which makes my horse very crabby), so I am really afraid of getting
lost at night . . . :-0


NO PROBLEM!!  Crews are not necessary; you only have to have your trailer

moved at Tevis not the other 100s; and you're much less likely to get lost
because (a) you're going slower so you have time to look for markings, and
(b) at night glow bars are easier to spot than those ribbons are in the
daytime!












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