Re: [RC] 'Grand Prix' style finish is not endurance - Patty P
I am a newbie to endurance...my first attempt was at Scottsdale this year...and they had a cut off time too. I was very disappointed because I thought the motto was "to finish is to win"...but that was not the case in Scottsdale. I was disappointed. I like the idea of training slowly to build up to speed.
So are you saying that at most rides, there is no time requirement, and it really is "to finish is to win"?
Subject: Re: [RC] 'Grand Prix' style finish is not endurance
In a message dated 6/23/2007 8:31:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, donhuston@xxxxxxx writes:
Grand Prix is not endurance nor is a Grand Prix style finish an interesting concept. That type of finish automatically eliminates this flat track style horse race from being an endurance race. The only thing about this horse race that in any way resembled endurance as I have experienced it was the distance and the idiotic grand prick finish got rid of that. Riders 14-20 did not earn a final time at Gate 5, they got pulled. Don Huston
uh - yeah, Don, I thought "to finish is to win", but if they do not allow the opportunity to finish...it must be some other creature because it certainly isn't endurance. What the heck is going on with these orgs and peeps??? Can't they just enjoy the sport without getting into the Frankenstein concepts? Shoot, even track racing doesn't have a cut off time - not that I know of anyway, short of when the stands are being swept perhaps. This type of event doesn't interest us at all but what DOES interest me is why - or if - this kind of event is interesting to the rank and file endurance riders. Just all very weird.
