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[RC] LD, 50, 100 - shermanI agree with all that, but doesn't something happen physiologically to the horse when pushed up to 50 miles? Do you suppose if the AERC had made 50s LDs, then there would be more 100 mile riders? It is quite a leap to go from 50 to 100, but if a rider can do a 2 day 100, then it doesn't seem like such a big jump. Kathy The AERC records do not support this assumption. In fact, the AERC records support the idea that LD & 50 mile rides fall into the same category, while one day 100s are a different animal all together. The completion rates of LD rides up through about 75 miles are about the same, somewhere around 90%. The completion rates of rides longer than that fall off, and by the time you get to the one day 100, it has fallen off pretty dramatically...down to about 60%. This may have to do with the stress on the rider rather than on the horse; there isn't much difference between riding half a day and riding all day, but riding all day and ALL night takes a human toll that probably contributes to the decline in completion of the one day 100. Although, I suspect that it is a combination of both. There are multitudes of things that you can "get away with" at a 50 mile ride that were you to try them at a 100 it would come back to bite you. But make no mistake, with respect to difficulty of effort, it makes much more sense to lump together completion of LD rides and 50s and consider 100s to be different, than it does to lump together completion of 50s & up and consider LDs to be a different things. At least, that is what the AERC's completion rates say. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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