ECE time allowed
Following a discussion with Carlos & Bernster yesterday regarding the time allowed for an ECE, and whether the calendar ride is included in the calculation of time at the minimum speed, I found the following on aukweb, which is quite categoric:
The overall minimum speed for the ECE Perm + Calendar event will be 14.3km/hr irrespective of the minimum speed of the calendar event itself.
To determine the distance, you need to take the points distance of the calendar event (eg 100km for an over-distance 115km event) and add the minimum distance of the ECE (so a mandatory route 105km ECE would count as 105km). So with these examples, the time allowed would be 205k at 14.3km/h, which is just over 14 hours.
For those ECE'ing the winter series event, this will be a useful reminder.