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Re: [RC] [RC] Why not more 100's? - terry banisterBut I don't have any crew! Who will move my trailer? And I get lost in daytime (which makes my horse very crabby), so I am really afraid of getting lost at night . . . :-0 Terry "May the Horse be with you" >From: "Dabney Finch" <dabneyesq@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >CC: "Gary Glazer" <endurancegary@xxxxxxxxxxx>,"Linda Morelli" <onetflady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [RC] Why not more 100's? >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:41:43 -0800 > >Truman wrote: > >"We've seen 100-mile rides disappear because riders didn't support >them. >So if you want more 100-mile rides, prove it by going and riding the > ones available." > >I've been asking (pleading with) our PS RMs for years to put on 100s >and been told it's not cost effective and it's too hard to get >volunteers (staying up all night's really not fun if you're not >riding). These are totally fair reasons not to put on a 100 and it >all comes back to what Truman said--too few riders. > >I have to say, however, that one of these RMs, Terry Wooley Howe, >announced last year she was going to start putting on an annual >100--with full awareness of these drawbacks-- for the sole purpose >of providing a venue for PS riders to compete in 100s. (I presume >so they might fare better than their heretofore rather miserable >showing in the Pan Ams and internationally. Well, and even >nationally. I haven't checked it, but I believe this year was the >first in at least a while that a PS rider--Linda Morelli--placed in >the National 100 Mile Top Ten.) > >I think Terry deserves tremendous kuddos for joining the elite rank >of those RMs in our sport who "give back" by putting on 100s. We >should support her in every way we can. So "Just Enter!!" > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Truman Prevatt" ><tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "Maureen A. Fager" <trottin27@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:14 PM >Subject: Re: [RC] Why not more 100's? was: [RC] rc: 100 mile >interviews - Ridecamp Guest > > >>No, it is not the AERC that needs to do anything. It's supply and >>demand. If you offer a ride and people don't show up - you don't >>offer it any longer. If the riders want more rides, they damn well >>better go ride the ones that are available. If they do that the >>ride managers will respond. >> >> > >>Maureen A. Fager wrote: >> >>>"On the AERC 2005 Ride Calendar I only saw 2 100 mile rides for >>>the West Region, 2 in the Pacific South region, and 7 100 mile >>>rides in the Northwest region (way to go Northwesters!!!)." >>> >>>**Actually, there are three in the west, as Tevis is not yet >>>listed on the calendar. >>> >>>"I'm not so sure that it is the riders that AERC needs to be >>>encouraging to try >>>100's or is it the ride managers that they should be encouraging >>>to put more 100's on! I'm hoping that AERC can come up with a way >>>to encourage and help ride managers to hold more 100s. ' >>> >>>**Interesting point of view, and do you have any suggestions? >>> >>>"There's probably alot of reasons that I'm not aware of why ride >>>managers aren't holding as many 100 mile rides as they used to." >>> >>>**Two 100 milers from the West that I know about that have been >>>lost have been the Red Rock 100 and the Washoe 100. The "whys" >>>though, I'm not sure of. >>> >>>Intersting post worth chewing on, >>>thanks, >>>Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>> >>>Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. >>>Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp >>>Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp >>> >>>Ride Long and Ride Safe!! >>> >>>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >> >>?Many people consider the things government does for them to be >>social progress but they regard the things government does for >>others as socialism.? 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