[RC] LD and Placings now awards & expenses? - Trailrite
I'm missing something here. Joe, Are you saying that LD riders are getting
half the product meaning half of the trail use or half the prize? I find
with some of my rides like the Git-R-Done rides that I have to have an extra Vet
just to be back at base camp in time for the LD - finishers & BC
judging. I can't have my ride back up with regular services of the
continued riders so that is an extra expense for me just having an LD
distance. Then I need an extra Volunteer for handing out completion awards
for those "I need to go home now, LD riders".... Other than that,
all of the other fees are the same costs as any other rider. My Git-R-Done
ride is a 25, 50, 75, 100 mile elevator and FEI ride 2 times a year. I
charge the same price for the 25 & 50's then the same price for the 75 &
100's and all get the same completion award. The other awards are a
little more fancier as the distance increases like the BC award,
etc..
The Git-R-Done rides are now Michele Roush's as the RM, and I'm not
sure how she'll be handling it from now on.
After being a RM for around 10 years now, I find you'll never make all
riders happy, no matter how hard you try. The ones that are unhappy make a
mark in your memory forever, because that is their intention. The ones
that are happy are their at your ride no matter how bad the weather is or
if someone took down some markings, etc.....these are just great people.
This includes my Volunteers, every year they come back, no matter how
windy, hot, late, cold, bad attitude riders, etc. They are our backbone of
this sport!!!
Tammy Robinson Trail-Rite Products 18171 Lost Creek
Road Saugus, CA 91390 661/513-9269 office 661/713-3912
cell 661/513-9206 fax www.trail-rite.com
In a message dated 7/7/2008 2:49:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
As I
just explained in another post, the issue is that not everyone is
receiving the same "product" from the ride. A 50 mile rider gets to
ride twice as many miles as a 25 mile rider, which also means more hours
on the trail. It makes no sense to me that the rider getting half
the "product" should pay the same
price.
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