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Re: [RC] [Guest] Minutes of the AERC BoD Conf Call Meeting Online - Laurie ... - Joe Long

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:58:51 -0800, "Barbara McCrary"
<bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...  But I'm also making the point that I also agree with 
AERC by-laws that define an endurance ride as 50 miles 
or greater.  While it is not sensible to ride an unconditioned 
horse in a 25 mile LD ride, I'm just saying I could be done.  
I believe an endurance ride should require a level of preparation 
and the commitment of a lot of time to do that preparation.  ...

Exactly.  Sorry to belabor the point, but I'll make the comparison
again to Marathons.  A Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards long, a
distance established by tradition, but one that has become a major
event in human running in part because it is long enough to be a
special test, without being so long as to be undoable by all except
the very elite.

There are other distances, such as 10Ks (about six miles), that are
more popular than Marathons -- and very challenging in their own
right, for some people.  My first wife had a bad heart and could not
even run 100 yards.  But no one seriously suggests making Marathons
shorter and still calling them Marathons, or calling people who finish
a 10K "Marathon runners."

And just as a 10K is not a Marathon (even though both are
long-distance foot races), an LD ride is not an endurance ride.
Challenging for some people, and some horses, yes -- but not an
endurance ride.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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