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Re: [RC] experience to be a mentor - Beverley H. Kane, MDJen, As a fairly new rider still in need of mentoring (and currently looking for a mentor), just about anyone with more experience than I have can mentor me. I call myself a "senior junior." When learning medical procedures, like starting IVs or doing spinal taps, we used to say, "See one, do one, teach one." There's a bit of machismo in that motto, but once you've done something, you're the expert! I'd be happy w/ a mentor who's done even 1 50 on her own. (Tho...I was very fortunate that both of my previous mentors had done 100s and 1 had almost 15,000 miles + 6 Tevis buckles. Thanks, Jazon!) My wish list includes - do a lot of training rides with me, teaching me about pacing, gaiting on different terrain, when to get off and walk, trail etiquette, and most of all, eating and drinking and taking care of myself. Oh yes, and critique my posting and overall horse handling, too. - be available and gracious for training & tack & trials & tribulations questions - "take" me to 50 mi rides(for which I would be happy to pay your ride entry, share gas, food, etc.) - do my 1st 100 w/ me Experience is only part of what makes a good mentor. You also have to be patient, forgiving, and a good communicator. "Damn you, put the #$*! thingy in the whatchamacallit" is not especially helpful when I'm exhausted toward the end of a ride, even if I -did- put the breastcollar on the back of the saddle. Remember your learning process, too, even if it was 30 yrs ago! (Sometimes the best mentors are the ones that only have a -few- more years experience than I do, b/c they -do- remember their own learning curves. Thanks, Sandy H!) The amt of experience it takes to be a mentor reminds me of what I learned in med school about what it takes to be an alcoholic. "An alcoholic is anyone who drinks more than his doctor." Get out there and mentor someone! Beverley On 9/12/06 6:42 AM, "j marshall" <jen4marshall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I would like to be the mentor I didn't have when I started but I want to have enough experience and really don't know where that line is. On 9/9/06 1:14 PM, "j marshall" <jen4marshall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hello, My question is how much experience or miles doesone need to qualify to be agood mentor? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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