To balance out the idea of "the quicker you finish, the shorter the
suffering" is the advice I was given early on..."speed kills!" If the
first philosophy was true, then those people who do sub-5 hour 50's would have
the oldest horses competing. That doesn't seem to be the case. I too
like Julie Suhr's short 'n' sweet advice..."Never hurry never tarry."
Chip (who's goal this season is to do a few more sub-8 hour
50's!)