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Because language is important.  Wars have been started because of miscommunication.  As for the statement, “I don't think LDs were  intended to be a competition”  that doesn’t matter much either – the beauty of life is that things change.  LD is more than a training exercise and for people who don’t even ride the distance to be trying to pigeonhole it as something it’s not, is rude.  And, as I’ve stated before, I have no problem with LDs as they are now, especially in the Central region.  The complaints of “2^nd class citizen” and being belittled are coming from the West.  Those LD riders do not get the full benefits of the competition because of the erroneous (as Heidi has pointed out several times lately) idea that giving a BC award to LDers is going to promote racing and dead horses.

 

Rae

Tall C Arabians - Central

 

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sherman
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:31 PM
To: Rae Callaway
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] LD BC

 

Training experience/training ride......I think you are nitpicking at word usage here.  However, I don't think LDs were  intended to be a competition as you are now stating. I feel successful after any distance I ride whether it is a sanctioned ride or not, as long as I know my horse is well. I have a hard time understanding why you feel put down because someone else considers LDs training rides since that is what they are to many people, no, not all.  My friends who do LDs don't feel as you do. They are very satisfied with their accomplishments, a couple of them like to top ten, as they condition/train with riders who do 50s & 100s, and one of them does not want to be in the saddle for more than 4 hours, but her horse is fit for 50s. I'm trying to talk her into doing a 50 with me and if she does,  she'll have had lots of experience (training) by having done the LDs. And, the reason I do 50s (haven't done an LD) is to train for 100s. It's too hard to set up a 50 on my own, getting water, feed, etc. out on the trail. I've only tried one 100 so far, but I'll try again, and until then, I'll keep doing 50s to train for it.

 

Kathy

Grass Valley, CA 

 

 

That's just using LD as a training experience.  Some people go straight to the 50's and use that as a training experience.  That doesn't make it a "Training Ride."  It doesn't matter what you use it for, it's still a competition and to call it anything else is a put down to those that work their butts off to compete.

 

I see no belittling in the term Limited Distance - that's referring to the distance, which is true, not the event.

 

Rae

Tall C Arabians - Central