> Seems that AERC put quite a reward in its recognition of the > difficulty > of completing a 100 miles as compared, say, to completing an LD or a 50.
I don't have any gripes with how the points are dished out, but if I were only worried about points I wouldn't necessarily concentrate on doing 100's. I can be first in my weight division and get 150 pts. on a 50, or I can complete a 100 without placement and get 150. The entry fee is lower for the 50, the breeze is better, my chances of getting pulled or lost after dark are lower, *and* I can do another race in 2 weeks, while I give more time off after a 100. I enter 100's because I like the pace, I like riding with a crowd of experienced horses, and in my mind I am keeping score. My horse has completed 7- 100's. I want 10 100's...just because I do. There's no official title for that, but I'd sure love to be able to say he did 10. After that, I guess I'd like to say he did 15. Maybe the reason I like to do a 100 is that when I start, I honestly don't know if I *can*. I pretty much know that if nothing major goes wrong, I can do a 50. Maybe the time to try a 100 is when you know you *can* do a 50 not when you know you can do 100. Angie On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:56:58 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Seems to me when a horse and rider received triple points, i.e., 450 > points > (and more) for completing and doing well in a hundred, finding > yourself > higher in the regional standings (for those who compete in that > particular > vein) was quite a reward for completing a hundred. > Seems that AERC put quite a reward in its recognition of the > difficulty > of completing a 100 miles as compared, say, to completing an LD or a > 50. > So, it seems that going to a 100 and completing was rather > important. > Horses were then given the proper rest and recovery after those > 100's as a > rider wasn't compelled to zip on over to the next 50 in pursuit of > the highly > coveted jacket recognizing regional excellence. > Hasn't AERC quit "recognizing" the higher degree of difficulty > of > completing a 100 miler as compared to completing rides of shorter > distances > by the number of points it now awards? > (I'm sorry, I haven't kept up with how many points one gets for > completing rides these days...) > > Frank. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
