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Slower LD's
I moved to NE CA last May and found that
the LDs are a little different up here from what I had seen in Central
CA. I attended the Palomino Valley ride and the Comstock ride - both in N
Nevada. Both of them have you doing 20 miles and then coming into camp for
a vet check, then going back out and finishing the remaining 5
miles. I personally feel that 20 miles is too far to go before a vet
check, especially when those rides "reward" fast finishing times. There
are people out there riding like hell for an LD top ten.
I attended the Lassen Challenge (LD) where the vet
check was out on the trail about 10 miles, but the vet didn't even
show up in time for the front and middle runners. We were going moderately
slow and when we got to the check, he had just shown up and told us that vetting
in was "optional" because he had missed the others. So - many riders did
the whole LD with no vet check until they returned to camp after the
ride.
It's too bad that the rides aren't more
consistent. I liked the structure of the southern rides
better. I also like the vet checks in the middle (of the LD) so if a
horse is having a problem, he isn't ridden for twenty miles before a vet can see
him.
----- Original Message -----
I can think
of a number of ways to slow the LD's.
There is usually a vet check in the
middle. ADD some PR gates along the
way. Maybe one more and lower the Pulse
to 56. Lower the pulse at the
vet check. Keep the end pulse criteria
60.
STeve Shaw
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