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Re: [RC] Endurance & Dressage- - CidinhaLD rides are great fun; let's just enjoy the riding, no matter what the distance or definition. I agree. All the rides are endurance rides. Cidinha Franzão ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Endurance & Dressage- 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 07/02/06 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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