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Having a good friend who runs, Tracy Karbus who has done admin work  
for Jackie Bumgardner out west and a couple of LD's here and there, I  
think all the worry over naming is silly. Tracy's run marathons  
before but she doesn't call herself a "marathon runner" or for that  
matter, any specific kind of runner. She just runs because she likes  
to run. She runs distances. What distance? Well, it depends.  I think  
that's the model people should take.

We have FEI endurance that recognises racing at any distance.  I  
don't do FEI, thank you, at any distance. We have had EERA (Egyptian  
Endurance Riding Association) rides that are LD's by AERC standard  
and endurance by FEI. I've done a couple and Tracy and I took a team  
second in one last spring. In November, if the political situation in  
the Middle East maintains its current level of stupidity (meaning  
that life really sucks for Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon, but the  
rest of us aren't affected at all....same old, same old and time to  
change but that's another story) I have a small group of crazy people  
including hopefully Steph, Merri, Paddi Sprecher from Canada and some  
others who are planning to come out here for an 80 km/50 mile  
ride...the first non-FEI "endurance" ride (by AERC standard and note  
it isn't a race) in Egypt.

How silly is all this nonsense about what to call oneself?  I'm a  
distance rider. I ride all sorts of distances and when I'm really  
lucky I'm getting paid by tourists to do so. Even once I've done my  
80 km, I'll still be a distance rider because that's what I like to  
do...get on one of my horses and go somewhere interesting and then  
come home.  And Tracy? She's promised to do the admin at the ride  
because as a runner she has such a bony butt that she gets blisters  
after even a relatively limited distance. If she can overcome the  
butt barrier, her distances will increase, but she's still a distance  
runner and a distance rider.

From a long distance away,
Maryanne

On Aug 8, 2006, at 10:46 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Barb,
>
> Doing a 50 is like losing your virginity. You don't get it back for  
> lack
> of practice. >g< You are still an endurance rider. I think "Distance
> Rider" sounds nice for LD...Hopefully to be an endurance rider soon.


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