I don't see that the analogy to marathons makes much sense. A marathon
is one (of many) events in a larger sport - track and field. In a track
and field competition - each even is weighted the same in the
calculation of team scores. A team gets the same number of points for
winning the marathon as they get for winning the 100 meter dash, the
pole vault or the decathlon. Like you I think the current sport is
fine but it has changed and will continue to change as the membership
grows and changes.
Besides at the current rate things are going - in 10 more years there
may not be more than a handful of 100 mile riders around.
At the end of the day as Frank pointed out so very well, it's not the
distance ridden but how you treat your fellow man, how you ride the
trail and how you care for your horse that really counts.
Regards,
Truman
Timothy Worden wrote:
Truman,
I know the 100s get 50% more points than 50s. But if
people want to redefine the distance of
25-35…aka..Limited Distance, as Endurance, lets start
from the top down. Maybe it’s just a “half-full
half-empty” issue. Frankly, I could care less if the
current system changes. I’m there to ride my horse on
that day on that course which ever distance I choose
is available. Being an part of an organization we
can’t just let people ride off willy-nilly and claim
they rode such and such distance, so we need some sort
of defining structure of competition. Personally I
think our current structure is just fine. But I guess
if change is inevitable, then lets start from the top,
being 100 mile events, and work down. The main reason
I posted such an idea is because people keep comparing
what we do on horseback to what runners do. I’m sure
there is some correlation, so I threw my idea on the
table. Probably most of the over intellectual and
opinionated will just chew it up and spit it out….as
usually happens on RideCamp. What ever happens, it’s
not going to stop me from being an AERC member and
riding my horse on that particular course, that
particular day, be it 25 or 100miles.
Tim
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
