Re: RC: Re: Difference between LD and other distances

[Linda Cowles <kadence@ix.netcom.com>]

Your husband is not a horse, correct? My horses can clop along at an easy enough
pace to finish a 30 mile ride in the allotted time, with little conditioning, and
barely break a sweat. It isn't super easy for them, but very doable, and they
aren't sore or tired the next day.

What is enduring to one animal is a workout to another. My couch potato dog is
***ALWAYS***  able to out walk/run me, as are my horses, no matter how good my
condition is.

BTW, I *have* gone 28 miles, at an easy pace. In the mountains.

  --  Linda

RQuestarabians@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/16/2000 10:13:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kadence@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> << What makes it endurance? Enduring is 50 miles or more. >>
>
> My fiance and I  would beg to differ. Have you ever got off and ran literally
> ALL of a  25-30 mile LD ride just for the heck of it to see what it feels
> like on these horses? Well, crazy as it sounds we have. Matt even got off and
> ran somewhere around 30 miles at Tevis this year with his horse . It is
> absolutely incredible what these horses do even for 25-30 miles.
>  I challenge you to try it, your opinion of enduring will most certainly
> change.
> Regards,
> Robyn and Matt