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Re: [RC] more 100 milers? - Zephyr Arabians--- Dot Wiggins <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Today we have many who have ridden very little, or at least not for years, FWIW, I'm an endurance "newbie" that does not fit that demographic. I've ridden and trained horses for over 20 years. The thing that prevented me from getting into endurance sooner was actually that I rode NATRC rides in the late 1980s. The rumors about endurance at that time were quite ugly. I was told repeatedly by anyone involved in NATRC that endurance riders were cut-throat maniacs who ran their horses to death. It took me a lot of years (and reading ridecamp for a couple <g>) to decide that I needed to just get out and find out for myself. As for 100s, as I noted earlier, I'm pretty sure I have horses here that can go that far. But, "pretty sure" makes it scary to try it the first time. Especially as I'm a conditioning minimalist.... Plus, it's a really long time to be on a horse; especially us mid-to-end of the pack riders who would be in the dark a long time. There's a big mental leap to make to go from 50 to 100. I only tackled the 25 to 50 leap in January 2004. Although I did instantly become of those that can't see myself going back to LD (without a compelling reason) and started my secondary endurance horse straight in 50s. ~Nicole Zephyr Arabians http://www.zephyrarabians.com KattWmn Web Design http://www.kattwmn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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