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Re: [RC] ridecamp reaction to Truman's comments - Joe LongOn Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:53:49 -0400, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... The 3 day 100 mile CTR is a challenge in its own right. Nothing teaches pacing better than such a ride. I see no conflicts at all. We should be working together - it is in all our own best interest. There is nothing worse than the us vs. them mentality you sometimes see between CTR and endurance. That is not good for either sport. Well, I'm missing something here. Maybe you can enlighten me. How does an award program that makes no distinction between one-day 100's, two-day 100's, and three-day 100's -- that treats them as equivalent -- promote one-day 100's? Particularly the three-day 100's, which, at 40/40/20 miles per day, don't even go an endurance distance on any day? You say a three-day 100 is a challenge in its own right. Well, yes, I'm sure it is. However, let's keep it in perspecitve: it is less than a three-day multiday, which at least is 50 miles or more each day. Can you really claim that a three-day 100 is as much of a challenge as a three-day 150? But a three-day 150 is not the same as a one-day 100. If it's like so much we've seen over the last decade or two, it will drive down attendance at one-day 100's as people seek out the easier way to get their "100 Mile" blanket. IOW, this looks like another example of what I consider the most damaging trend in the sport of endurance riding: the constant offering of more and more awards for doing less and less, so that more and more people can "feel good" about having won some award (without doing the actual work of earning it). That may be appropriate in childrens soccer, but not for a sport that was built on taking on a real challenge and meeting it. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.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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