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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] 100 Mile One Day Rides



> One of my concerns is that some in the AERC are so obsessed with growth, 
> that
> they want to move the focus of the AERC to the shorter rides, even "fun" 
> rides
> (shorter than LD's).  Like the many once-beautiful parts of our country
> suffering "urban sprawl," we should be careful what we wish for.  I for 
> one
> would rather see a smaller, leaner AERC keeping its focus on endurance, 
> than a
> larger organization that has lost its way.  But, I guess that's another 
> issue.

           I think AERC must have decided that growth was necessary to 
provide some of the good things that are offered now, like FREE insurance 
coverage for rides.  It was starting to become prohibitively costly to buy 
liability insurance not too many years ago.  One thing I don't like is the 
number of awards given.....too many awards for too many categories.  And I 
never did approve of splitting into so many divisions.  In the law of 
physics, it makes sense that a horse carrying a heavyweight rider is working 
harder and at a disadvantage to a horse carrying a lightweight rider, but 
don't tell the horses that, because there have been some phenomenal 
accomplishments by good horses despite the weight they carried.


> > P.S.  Given the two mileages on our event, there are consistently twice as
> > many 75 mile riders as 100 mile riders.  (They like finishing before 
> > dark.)
> > Joe, I don't think you have ridden Swanton Pacific yet, have you?????
>
> Not yet, I hope to soon -- it's on my "Must Do" list.  And you can bet 
> when I
> get there I'll do the 100.


       Why not this year???



Barbara 



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