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Re: [RC] LD/Endurance - heidiJust because they CAN, doesn't mean they SHOULD! Oh, I agree! 100%! But nonetheless, you've made my point--horses for the most part CAN do 25 miles with little or no prep, ill-advised as it may be, but 50 is another story! That was the point--not in any way recommending that they should! There's a big difference between taking a fit horse out and trotting through a 25 and taking out a horse from the pasture and coaxing and babying him through the ride. I've done the latter when my distance horse cut himself a week before the ride and it wasn't much fun monitoring the less fit horse and getting him through the ride. We got the job done, but it wasn't one of my favorite rides. No, it ISN'T much fun. But one thing about LD--people come out and DO that, and see everyone on FIT horses having fun doing it, and start to ask questions, and come back better prepared for the next one. LD serves a purpose there, which could not be served if everyone had to start right off on 50. This has been twisted somehow from an honest (if not happy) observation of what many of us see happening into a slam on LD somehow, and it is NOT a slam--it is one more underscoring of why it is good to have an LD program. Heidi ============================================================ Personally, I shouldn't give a s--- where the other people on the course are, and if I find myself starting to concern myself over this, I remind myself that this is the first step on the road to overriding my horse and tell myself to "knock it off!" :) ~ Kat Swigart ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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