RE: Fundamental Differences in Motivation (was 3rd loop?)

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

I think it is very important what the trails look like. Have you ever ridden
of a contour logging road that has not much change on grade for an hour. It
is the longest hour you will want to spend.

Actually Arlene and I have discontinued going to rides that we have done
several times in the past. We do not have to ride them to see them, just
close our eyes and visualize the trail. Much of the allure of endurance
riding is seeing new country, new trails and new people.

The opportunity to see new vegetation, spring flowers, the birds and
animals, that is what endurance riding is to us. Our adventures in
conditioning (rehab for Arlene) is in trying to get lost in new country.
Have not been successful yet but have seen lots of places we had not seen
before.

Oh, well, guess different things for different people and if you knew us you
would say we were different.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: Truman Prevatt, Ph.D. [mailto:truman.prevatt@netsrq.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:17 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Fundamental Differences in Motivation (was 3rd loop?)


kat,

Many people ride endurance on trails they have to do twice or there
times simply because they love to be astride a horse. When you are
astride a horse does it really matter what the trails look like?

Truman

"guest@endurance.net" wrote:
>
> K S SWIGART   katswig@earthlink.net
>
>
> I cannot EVEN imagine riding endurance this way.  Clearly the
> people who ride endurance in such areas (looping back to camp on
> four times on the same 12.5 mile trail to get 50 miles in) are
> motivated differently than I am.
>
> It begins to make sense now why people become obsessed by
> competition, awards, riding times, etc.  They don't go to rides
> for the same reason that I do...I go for the trail.  If you go
> for the trail, then all that other stuff is unimportant fluff.
> Nice if you have it, but irrelevant in the scheme of things.
>
> But if the trail is four (or EIGHT!!!) loops of the same thing,
> it is hard to get motivated to go for the trail. And if _I_ had
> to ride endurance this way, I simply wouldn't do it.  You couldn't
> pay me enough.
>
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--
Truman Prevatt
Mystic “The Horse from Hell” Storm
Buck's Mystic Karma
Rocket a.k.a. Mr. Misty
Jordy a.k.a. Bridger (when he is good)
Danson Flame - hey dad I'm well now and ready to go!

Brooksville, FL


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