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Re: [RC] Half-Endurance, Endurance, Ultra-Endurance - Timothy WordenTruman, I know the 100s get 50% more points than 50s. But if people want to redefine the distance of 25-35?aka..Limited Distance, as Endurance, lets start from the top down. Maybe it?s just a ?half-full half-empty? issue. Frankly, I could care less if the current system changes. I?m there to ride my horse on that day on that course which ever distance I choose is available. Being an part of an organization we can?t just let people ride off willy-nilly and claim they rode such and such distance, so we need some sort of defining structure of competition. Personally I think our current structure is just fine. But I guess if change is inevitable, then lets start from the top, being 100 mile events, and work down. The main reason I posted such an idea is because people keep comparing what we do on horseback to what runners do. I?m sure there is some correlation, so I threw my idea on the table. Probably most of the over intellectual and opinionated will just chew it up and spit it out?.as usually happens on RideCamp. What ever happens, it?s not going to stop me from being an AERC member and riding my horse on that particular course, that particular day, be it 25 or 100miles. Tim --- Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Much of this is already in effect. The 100 mile riders get 50% bounus points just because it is a 100. Timothy Worden wrote:According to the numbers, LD is a large and growing population among AERC competitions....in someregionsmore than others. Does LD/Endurance need to be redefined? I think things are going pretty good as they are. But I do have some thoughts if the structure of AERC and mileage definitions were to change. Ok, lets say a vote passes and mileage for 25-35mileevents are now counted equal with 50-100 mile endurance events. That would do away with the "LD" program by definition. Now that mileage is countedinthe one pot all we need to do is define a point structure to go along with the mileage. We'll say 100miles, we'll call it Ultra Endurance, is thebaseto receive full points for completion based on placement and weight division. Now 50-75 miles, we call Endurance, will received half the base points with regards to placing and weight that the Ultra Endurance riders would receive. Now the 25-35, or Half Endurance, would receive a quarter of thepointswith regards to placing and weight that the Ultra Endurance riders would receive. Now we have onepointsystem to base off of where riders would receiveyearend awards. Awards can still be broken down into National, Weight, and Region. Along the same lines, the BC structure could bebasedoff the same idea. Each of the 3 distance events(Iwant to avoid the term divisions) would have a BC. Again, Ultra BC receives full BC points, Endurance half, and Half-Endurance received a quarter of theBCpoints towards year end awards. By my definition, I'm an Endurance rider. But Icando a Half-Endurance ride and receive mileage and points on my record, just not as many as EnduranceorUltra Endurance distance riders. My ultimate goal though is to become an Ultra-Endurance rider. Tim============================================================It is how we "feel" deep inside that matters, causeeach of us knows thetruth, regardless of how we try make itcomplicated. It just isn't.~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information:http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/============================================================-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only because in doing so we learn the truth about what cannot be imitated. ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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