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You may not be alone, but I suspect the membership in AERC will fall off 
tremendously if endurance is defined as a minimum of 100 miles.  Many riders 
are simply not capable of doing 100 miles and furthermore, a lot of us ride 
for fun.  And 100 miles is NOT fun.  It's pushing the limits of what the 
human body can tolerate, at least for some of us senior citizens.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:14 PM
Subject: [RC] What is wrong with "square one?" (was: Survey...)



Personally, I like to set goals that are virtually (if not totally) 
unattainable as they provide something to continue to strive for, and if I 
ever achieve any of them, I WANT to go back to square one (i.e. move on to 
something more/else).

My personal desire to define endurance at 100 miles is because, it is 
obvious from the completion statistics, that that is the distance where it 
becomes difficult to achieve. Riding 50 miles in 12 hours is not difficult 
(if the statistics are to be believed) because routinely more than 90% of 
the people who try, succeed.

For me, it is only through failure that success becomes truly meaningful. Am 
I alone in this attitude?

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)

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