Re: Endurance

[krisolko@juno.com (Kristen L Olko)]

With the definition below, anyone who has ridden, say 1000 miles total,
has
qualified as an endurance rider. 20 50's takes a long time. 10 100's and 
40 25's as well. Is it the total distance or just the race distance that
makes an
endurance horse/rider? What about an "endurance" 100 miler horse that
finishes
1000 miles of 100 milers in 2 years and a LD horse that finishes 1000
miles
of 25 milers in 4 years? Hasn't that LD horse remained firm under
hardship? 
And for a longer period of time?

>Endurance, endure \ from the latin "indurare," meaning "to harden," 1 
>: to
>continue on in the same state : LAST    2 : to remain firm under 
>suffering,
>hardship, or misfortune without yielding ~ to undergo (as a hardship) 
>esp.
>without giving in.  Syn. BEAR, CONTINUE.    


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