Subject: Re: [RC] Decline of entries in 100
milers
> I would be interested in knowing how many of my > fellow
RideCampers are > self-employed and how many hold down regular day >
jobs. And if you do hold > down day jobs, how do you get away from work
to > travel to a ride?
I'm not self-employed, and I
work full-time. Years ago I got tired of coming home in the winter in the
dark and riding my horse in a small ring under a feeble light in the
freezing cold -- only able to trail ride on weekends. I switched to
the night shift -- so now I sleep till noon every day, have a
leisurely breakfast and then go out and ride in the daylight. Granted, I
don't have time for long trail rides during the week, but its daylight and I
can get out of the ring and up and down the roads around my house
for a few hours if I want. As an added bonus -- the stores
are empty when I shop and I never have to take off time for
doctor/dentist/vet/farrier appointments, the only rush hour traffic I see
is always going in the opposite direction and I get free parking. I've
been working nights for 15 years now and don't think I would ever go back to
days. I'm a systems engineer for a DC law firm and they are tickled pink
to have someone who wants to work at night. As for getting away for travel
-- we have very generous vacation time and unless some serious upgrading is
being done to the computer system, getting time off has never been a
problem.
I didn't think I'd ever want to do a
100 miler, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe its a goal I could reach
(assuming I survive my first LD!)
