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[RC] LD/Endurance - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Bruce Weary bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Frank-- Are you saying that the way in which an endurance ride (not the rider) should be classified ought somehow be measured based on the way in which, or the depth to which each rider enjoys his or her ride regardless of distance? Or based on how each individual perceives his or her capacity to endure at a given ride or distance? You mention that "we have all seen" 50 and 100 mile riders at rides who are not really endurance riders. What does that mean? That they don't fit some personal criteria you hold dear that the rest of us aren't privy to? Unfortunately, how someone cares for or does not care for their horse doesn't alter the definition of an endurance ride. The definitions currently in use evolved as a way of identifying and clarifying the amount of stress and enduring the HORSE has to go through, not so much the rider. What you have said is very eloquent and reaches something in all of us, but it is highly subjective, and not substantial fuel for the debate of whether to reclassify LD as an endurance ride, at least as it is currently defined for logistical purposes in our bylaws. If, as you say, one measure of a true endurance rider is being able to appreciate their miles long after they have been ridden, how could a few extra mileage points garnered by reclassifying LD measurably enhance such a high? Wouldn't a points monger have completely missed the "point" as well? Bruce ===========================================================There are 2 ways to win at this sport. You take a horse and race him for a short time and then find a new horse or you can take one horse , do the homework and spend many miles and years enjoying that horse. ~ Paddi Sprecher ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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