Ridecamp: RE: [RC] The Way We Win

<<<< So while I feel there is some merit in his ideas and
in this discussion, the standards were set very high, and
might have led
some of us astray if that was how the competition was
actually being
run,>>>

Is "going for the Gold" and admirable facet or should that
be condemned and every one satisfied with being a part of
the lowest common denominator?

If there is a possibly unattainable goal should we not even
try?

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Anna
Wolfe
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:33 AM
To: ridecamp
Subject: [RC] The Way We Win


While I was initially intrigued by Matthew's ideas when he
explained
them to me, I'm not sure they would really work the way he
intended them
to.  He said it is a matter of the rewards.  I rode the Old
Dominion
100, and I finished 3rd, trotting in 7 seconds behind the
leader.  I was
quite pleased by my finish, but I think that perhaps Matthew
set the
standards a bit high, for while we finished at 11:30, not a
bad time, no
one would have received a gold.  Had such a system been in
place I may
have been tempted to try to ride even faster in order to be
in the gold
category.  Now I'm not saying that would be a good idea, or
the best
stewardship of my horse, but the human side of me might have
set that as
a goal for myself.  So while I feel there is some merit in
his ideas and
in this discussion, the standards were set very high, and
might have led
some of us astray if that was how the competition was
actually being
run, instead of just a trial model.

Anna Wolfe



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