Re: newbies

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <gabbani@starnet.com.eg>]

There are a group of us trying to get some endurance going way out here, and
one of the things that we've done is that I have an email list of interested
people and I go through Ridecamp info and other information and send it on.
None of us has done any endurance although many of us are accustomed to
riding long distances in the desert. I've done the most research, so I'm the
one who is passing on the info.  We hope to do a 40-50 km fun ride with a
vet or two in October, and there is an FEI 80 km ride being planned for
sometime in the spring. Winter is the best training and competing season for
us.  A lot of riders are frankly scared to try the 80 km, but I'm hoping
that many will volunteer to do drag riding or other things just for the
experience. Talk about the blind leading the blind....but if it weren't for
Ridecamp, I don't know what we'd do.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mateef@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 9:44 PM
Subject: RC: newbies


> Regarding a format for newbies at rides: Once again this is a very
individual
> matter.
> I have been raised with horses, did the show ring thing for 30 years
before
> finally taking the plunge into distance riding.  A local vet I knew had
> vetted some rides and pointed me in the general direction of where to even
go
> do a ride.(There was no "Ridecamp" that I knew of. It was 1990)  It was a
25m
> CTR in WV.  He assured me it was a good first ride.  I called the number
on
> the ride flyer for an entry and mentioned to the ride secretary (Peggy
> Burgess) that I had never done this before but was interested in trying
it.
> On her own, she sent me a large manilla envelope with photo copies of
> articles that had been in Trail Blazer on conditioning with a brief
outline
> on riding schedules for conditioning.  When I got to the ride, I felt well
> cared for by management as well as other riders.  Because of this overall
> warm feeling, I was totally and completely hooked and haven't been in the
> show ring since.
>
> THAT is what distance riding is all about to me.  You guys are a great
bunch
> of horse people and I hopefully have given back by volunteering at rides
when
> I can't ride (for whatever reason) and helping recruit other newbies.
>
> Sallie and Matty
> NE Ohio
>
>
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