Re: Judging how to "move up a level"...

[Leigh331@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/3/98 0:21:08 AM EST, mmieske@netonecom.net writes:

<< We should not be made to feel as if we are less
 important or less a part of the sport if we choose to ride 25 LD's. Part of
 endurance isn't just the race but the intelligent (hopefully) care, training
 and conditioning BEFORE the race... it is all those things that make us
"real"
 endurance riders!  >>

The only place I have been made to feel like "less" is here on ridecamp. Not
always, just a few times, people have written things that appear to say that
career LD riders are not really endurance folks.  Personally, LD is all I want
to do. I have plenty of training time, plenty of good health, a good horse,
but I hurt bad enough after a 30 miler, I don't want to hurt worse after a 50.
I do this for fun and for the social aspect, LD is FUN!  IMO, 25 miles is
"slightly endurance", 30-35 miles is "endurance" for me.
Leigh