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How much clearer can the definition of endurance be?  This is VERY clear. 
LD is distance riding.  50 miles and above is endurance riding (by AERC 
by-laws definition.)  Why are some riders so upset about the semantics? 
We're all out there riding the same trails in the same sport.  But for AERC 
structure, we have to have a definition somewhere, and it's already in 
place.  Can't LD riders say they are "Distance Riders" without feeling 
somehow they are being demeaned?  LD rides are great fun; let's just enjoy 
the riding, no matter what the distance or definition.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Endurance & Dressage-


> We're dealing with two different uses of the word e-n-d-u-r-a-n-c-e.
>
> First there's "Endurance", which is officially defined as 50+ miles in one 
> day.
> This definition is unassailable!
>
> And then there's "endurance"... which SOME people use when talking about 
> ANY
> trail riding that they do in their quest to compete in Endurance.  They're 
> not
> pleasure-riding, they're not competitive-trail-riding, so what are they 
> doing?
> WE know that they're "conditioning", or competing in Limited Distance
> Endurance... but in reality lots of people just shorten it (both out loud 
> and
> in their heads) to "endurance".
>
> But just because we wear brightly colored tights, deck our horses out in
> matching biothane, and prefer trotting/cantering most of the time does not 
> make
> us Endurance riders.  What makes us Endurance riders is whether or not we 
> have
> ridden our horse in a competition of at least 50 miles in one day.
>
> -Sharon L.
> www.ZEGifts.com
>
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