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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] RideCamp -LDs. - Barbara McCraryThe odd part about this discussion is that I have heard for years how LD riders are considered second-class riders, but I'll be darned if I've ever actually heard anyone bad-mouth a LD rider to his face. Maybe it's just a factoid (meaning if misinformation is told often enough, it is accepted as the truth.) I've heard this story over and over, and I actually took a young horse to his first event - a LD ride. I surely never had the impression that anyone thought I was inferior because I did. Maybe we just like to keep the rumor mill going for the entertainment value? Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] RideCamp -LDs. But 10 k runners are not looked down up on. There are not list where they get slammed on a regular basis. In fact in human running, all distances get the same respect from the 100 meters to the marathon.I've only ever seen a handful of folks who disrespect LDers. And I'll betcha you can find a handful of marathoners who look down on other distances as lesser runners as well. It is human nature that some folks are rude. Most aren't. If we didn't respect LD, it wouldn't have its own national mileage programs, etc. Heidi ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough ~ Theodore Roosevelt ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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