Fwd: RC: Re: Hit me with your best shot

["hope lundquist" <wwho20@hotmail.com>]

Hi Ann: What wonderful advice to the young lady. You said it all. TO FINISH 
IS TO WIN and it is a RIDE! Bye Hope
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>From: "Annie George" <ageorge@vtc.net>
>To: "RideCamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>CC: <broknbel@compuwise.net>
>Subject: RC:  Re: Hit me with your best shot
>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:29:39 -0600
>
>
>      No!! I think you are wrong about that. You do not 'race' against 
>yourself. you "compete" with  your level of experience, the condition of 
>your horse and your self, the particular trail and distance. You do not 
>race to outrun your level of these things.   " To finish is to win" And 
>"FIT TO CONTINUE" is the battle cry. No, it is not a race. When you outrun 
>yourself, your horse is in trouble.  When you loose the focus of these 
>things and focus on getting in front of someone else, your horse is in 
>danger.   It is an Endurance Ride.   If someone wants the win, and he/she 
>remains focused on the horse and their level of the afore mentioned things, 
>and if he thinks he can get in front of someone and remain focused on the 
>things,  he is not racing he is still riding. The goal cannot be to win a 
>race. It must remain to complete a ride. He is a horseman, and he is 
>riding, not racing. He is focused on the important elements of the Ride. 
>Which are completing sound and safe.   Giving your article a "race" face 
>will give the wrong impression to the unknowing people you are directing it 
>toward. And so I urge you to call it what we, the Endurance Riders, call it 
>. An Endurance Ride.  I will let others comment on the other points of your 
>article.  The word that got me stirred up was "race."  I would suggest that 
>you do some rides. Get involved.         Annie George
>      Anne George Saddlery   www.vtc.net/~ageorge
>


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