Seeding events (shorter distance than stipulated)

[JessKV88]

Hi there 

(sorry if this has been posted about I couldn’t find anything). 
 

Does anyone know if I ride a seeding event for Argus; does it have to be the distance stipulated on Argus website or could it be the Event they posted about but shorter distance? 
 

eg 99er coming up 7 Feb. There’s a 95km and 76km. Ideally I’d ride the 76km and they use prognostics to approximate a 109 time and thus seed me. Right? 
 

Or do I have to ride the 95km for it to count? 
 

thanks 

Edited January 18 by JessKV88

[Skubarra]

1 hour ago, JessKV88 said:

Hi there 

(sorry if this has been posted about I couldn’t find anything). 
 

Does anyone know if I ride a seeding event for Argus; does it have to be the distance stipulated on Argus website or could it be the Event they posted about but shorter distance? 
 

eg 99er coming up 7 Feb. There’s a 95km and 76km. Ideally I’d ride the 76km and they use prognostics to approximate a 109 time and thus seed me. Right? 
 

Or do I have to ride the 95km for it to count? 
 

thanks 

The long distance would be the official seeding ride.

They might use the shorter distance with a penalty for your seeding, or if you are very lucky without a penalty or not use it all. They are not super consistent in this regard from year-to-year. 

So I would say to be safe ride the long route, its not a particular difficult route and should be good training in the lead-up to the Argus.

[MongooseMan]

19 hours ago, JessKV88 said:

 Ideally I’d ride the 76km and they use prognostics to approximate a 109 time and thus seed me. Right? 

With regards to how seeding actually works: