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RE: [RC] LD Ideas - Rae CallawayLD is still competition. If you take everything away that makes it a competition, it's just a glorified trail ride and THAT is not what the AERC is about. Stupid racers are going to race no matter what distance or whether you post finishing times or not. I ride with the AERC rides because I want to participate in a competition, even if all I do is compete for last place. I can trail ride anywhere. Rae Tall C Arabians - Central -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Huston Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:32 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] LD Ideas Hello Amber, I like LD rides, I have used them to start my last 4 horses, I have used them to re-start 2 injured horses, I have used them to ride with my wife 5-6 times just for fun and I have always known my finish times (ride times) because I look at my watch. The only reason to post every else's finish time is to establish finishing placement based on ride time as if you were in a race. At this particular point in time LD's are not races they are entry level, training, whatever, not races so not posting finish times fits perfectly with the current definition of LD. Somewhere in the archives is a post pointing out the results of a study by ??? that gave medical evidence showing horses do not go into "endurance mode" until after 30-35 miles of riding. So even if LD's are elevated to "race status" they will still not be an "endurance race" but just another horse race which is not at all what AERC supports....so.... one more reason to be careful what you wish for. At 11:22 AM 10/24/2006 Tuesday, Amber wrote: Is it asking too much for Ride Managers to post finish times for LD riders? I don't know of any LD riders I have talked to that don't want to know what their finish time is. This is all I am asking for, I don't care if RM bend THEIR rules over what to fix for breakfast or dinner or other sundry things, but when I want to know my ride time, which every other distance gets to know, why can't the LD riders have the same privilege?? Huh? Now y'all have at it...and I know you will. I'm done. amber g8nfool www.applegaitnendurancehorses.com Don Huston <donhuston@xxxxxxx> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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