tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post6084171211691455617..comments2023-10-08T09:37:18.894-04:00Comments on Endurance Granny: What do the numbers tell us?Jacke Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576351940350712538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post-10153011996792116752012-02-22T05:43:03.402-05:002012-02-22T05:43:03.402-05:00Okay. I don't know how these will line up in ...Okay. I don't know how these will line up in the comment section. But here is a look at let's say RIDE C throughout this horse's career.<br />25-5:20<br />25-4:00<br />25-3:20<br />25-3:20<br />This first cluster shows a definite improvement in time and pacing over the same course, same month of the year. The last two in the cluster were back to back rides showing incredible pacing of the ride. Luck? Horsemanship? Don't know. But interesting.<br /><br />25-3:58<br />25-3:44<br />25-4:19<br />25-4:14<br />25-3:31<br />25-3:31<br />25-3:23<br />For the most part the horse has this ride down to a sub-four hour ride. Ride times pretty consistent. The four hour + numbers are attached to a multi-day in both cases, paired with a faster 25.<br /><br />So the horse starts with a five hour+ ride time on the course and eventually pares it down to under three and half hours. The course is incredibly hilly, 900 ft. rolling up and downs that do not quit.All Who Wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811193190492037859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post-80883810200396283532012-02-22T05:23:22.464-05:002012-02-22T05:23:22.464-05:00The point here is not what this horse's stats ...The point here is not what this horse's stats tell YOU about the horse. The point is what do YOUR HORSE's stats tell YOU about your progress with that horse. You actually kind of hit the nail on the head when you said compare ride A to ride A, and ride B to ride B. I used this riders numbers because I happen to know the rider, and know some background on the horse which enable me to make certain assumptions that others could not. I was looking at the stats on this horse as a whole/generalization already knowing the final outcome to some extent. <br /><br />So if you lined up Dixie's stats on a ride by ride basis, and compared rides over the same course, or as clusters over time what would you see? Something? Or nothing? The numbers can tell us something if we know the context of what happened on our own horse over a period of time.<br /><br />Not rocket science, not all inclusive, but interesting in the context of competing your own horse.All Who Wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811193190492037859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post-91729229849455795442012-02-21T16:47:15.022-05:002012-02-21T16:47:15.022-05:00I gotta disagree fundamentally - I don't think...I gotta disagree fundamentally - I don't think those numbers tell us <i>anything,</i> unless she did the same rides year-to-year. Out here, we have such immense elevation / surface / weather changes in our ride season. Yall don't have the huge mountains to climb, but you do have tough rides that go up and down and up and down your little hills to get similar elevation gains over the course of the ride. And you get different but probably worse weather - I'll take a May snowstorm over a 90* 75% humidity May ride! A five hour 30 might be terribly slow or not shabby, depending on what 30 miles it is!<br /><br />Have you thought about lettering the rides that she repeats - like if she does the same 25 season opener, call it Ride A 25, and the same one in July a couple years in a row, call it Ride B 50?Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.com