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Re: [RC] Mileage and Distance in Perspective - heidiI had been going to point this out and since the definition of "light riding" has recently come up, I'll just throw this out there. To the average rider, never mind the average person, even going 25 miles on a horse in one day, IS A HECK OF A LONG WAY! While I've heard of but never actually spoken to those who might think the only true endurance ride is 100 miles, heck, those outside RC think you're all crazy:)LOL Jannelle, I've got to throw in a funny story here. When my guy "Junior" was a wannabe endurance horse in training as a 5-year-old, I took him to a local poker ride as a way of getting out in public on the trails with him in a relaxed manner as a part of his education. It was one of those affairs where you could more or less start whenever you wanted to, once the trail was open, and having arrived a bit on the late side, we were among the last to start. The thing was 9 miles, if memory serves, and was well-marked with mileage markers. We were just getting warmed up nicely and lined out when we came upon Mileage Marker #1--I was just passing a couple on some rather chubby QHs, and I heard the man exclaim to the woman, "You mean we've only gone ONE MILE??!?" Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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