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Re: [RC] Rocks, Hills, Weather, OH MY! - Susan GarlinghouseTrailrite@xxxxxxx wrote: I wanted to sort of speak >my feelings on this subject and this is sort of off-the->wall. I think that quite a few riders choose these days a >ride to go to that has minimum challenges time after time. >It seems that riders are selecting rides with none of the above mentioned tittles. Riders need to view a few >things . It's been awhile since I was able to condition regularly, let alone get out to do endurance rides (and I never did more than a dozen or so 50s anyway), but the ones I remember most fondly are those that were a real b*tch to complete. Warriors Water Hunt, Malibu, TarSprings. Even the ones where sometimes I did or didn't finish, but something happened to make the day pretty tough and if I did pull, well, the next completion was that much sweeter, eh? I remember my truck breaking down at DVD and a bunch of (then) total strangers shooing me down the trail while they went and fixed it....getting caught in a rainstorm with Sandy and her stallion Sal and being perfectly happy walking along and chatting up a storm...riding the Lions Club ride out in Palmdale with a nasty kidney infection and practically getting dragged at gunpoint down the trail by Karen Nelson....I usually had as much fun not finishing (well, almost) as I did on the days we did finish, and the very best memories are from the rides where I knew I'd worked my butt off to be able to drag in just under the cutoff. Anyway, I'm with Tammy. Endurance is a lot more fun when it's not a giveaway. Susan G =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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