Re: RC: Tevis vs OD

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

It is not even a matter of harder or easier...a good challenge is a good
challenge.  For those who have not tried the Old Dominion, it is indeed:

"Hard to be Humble When You've Finished the Old Dominion"

teddy (who has done it and proud of it)

Lif Strand wrote:

> Don't want to get into any arguments about which race is harder, but I'm
> not sure you can compare races that easily (comparing humidity, dust,
> rocks, altitude changes, ride management, time of year, etc.). There's
> too many factors and too much subjectivity doing it that way.
>
> I am thinking the only way to compare races of the same distance might
> be by average completion rates.  If 90% of the entrants usually complete
> one ride,  75% another and only 50% on average for a third, wouldn't the
> first most likely be the easiest and the last one the hardest of the
> three?  Any thoughts on this?    Lif
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