Re: [RC] Big Horn 100 - II//Unsuccessful Attempts--To Try Is To Succeed - DVeritas
In a message dated 7/23/2006 10:43:33 AM Mountain Standard Time,
sensei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I prefer
"DNF" (did not finish) to "unsuccessful." Since winning as defined by the
AERC motto isn't always synonymous with success, I propose a corollary to
"To Finish Is to Win." "To Try (Your Best) Is to
Succeed."
I've always thought, 'that which truly matters
happens between Starting and Finishing...wherever the "finishing"
happens to be'.
"To Finish Is To Win" is a good motto, as it seems to define the tenets of
the sport as envisioned by the AERC.
That's not to say that it is, in fact, an accurate representation of what
endurance riding is to many horse and rider teams who front the trail, whichever
length, whatever venue.
