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Re: [RC] [RC] Welfare Committee Data - Rae CallawaySo - what is the criteria for mentoring? How many miles/years/distance? I'm certainly not an official mentor and I've only been doing LD's since 99, but this last year, I've brought several first time riders out with me. I have no trouble riding at their pace and spend a lot of time making sure they know how to take care of their horse (and warning signs to look for). I've been raising horses for almost 30 years, but would I be rejected as an offical "mentor" because I've only been doing endurance for a few years? Or because I only ride LD's? Just curious, Rae Tall C Arabians - Central Region ----- Original Message ----- From: <Agilbxr@xxxxxxx> To: <howard9732@xxxxxxx>; <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Welfare Committee Data I wonder if more people don't mentor because it means that they can't ride how they want to for a ride? I know in my only two rides I have started behind everyone else and positively poked along. I would have loved to have someone along with me to help with the first ride stuff I needed to learn(and still do.) But would an experienced rider want to go to the time and expense to bring their horse to a ride just to "babysit" a new endurance person? If there is anyone out there in the North Florida area, I'm slowly working on conditioning the psycho Paso for our first 50 mile ride (probably late fall of this year), and would love someone with which to discuss training and riding a 50 miler. I don't know if I'm training too hard, not hard enough, too much, not frequently enough. Am I trotting too much and not cantering enough, or am I walking too much and not trotting enough. I'm winging it to be honest, and praying that I do indeed know my horse as well as I think I do, so he can tell me if I've gone too far. (so far, he thinks I don't go fast enough to suit him...) Will I ever know if he's ready for a fifty mile ride? Not until we try it I guess.... Juli and Alpine (50 miles? did you say 50?) ============================================================ Locks do not prevent theft, they only deter those in doubt. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ The whole ride experience can be very hard, and at times you question why you put yourself through such abuse. But then you remember all those moments when you pop up over a hill and are suddenly surrounded by the most stunning views. It's just you and your horse and for a moment time stops and you can hear the angels sing. Therein lies the addiction, at least for me. ~ Leslie Beyers ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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