RE: [RC] Wussification of endurance - Diana Peterson
Very well said Jonni... Very well indeed.
I don't care about a shower, and shavings...??? what the heck its not a horse show its a ENDUREnce ride.
diana :-)
I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed.
My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus Phil 4:19 ~~____(\ .../< >\
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Wussification of endurance > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:22:48 -0500 > From: txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx > > I know this has been brought up before. I think the ENDURE part of ENDURance > riding is disappearing. The sport is changing slowly, to often cater to > those that do not want to "endure". Between reading posts on RC, and some > of the yahoo groups, I am seeing a trend. Recent questions were asked to a > ride manager about an upcoming ride, and the camp. The camp is a parking > area out behind an equestrian center. Portable stalls that are there for > horse shows may be used for the weekend if one desires. So some of the > questions she was asked were if shavings were provided, if the center had > showers, and if they could have a trail map emailed to them before the ride. > While many may think those are "fair" questions, I looked at them and said > "What does it matter?" Go to the ride, pack a bag of shavings if you think > you need a stall for the night rather than tie to your trailer, take some > baby wipes or use a garden hose to clean up after the ride if you feel you > need to, and you will be given a map when you arrive! But maybe some rides > have been having those extra amenities to cater to riders that don't like to > ENDURE. A post was made about getting people out to try a 100 mile ride. > The thing they mentioned was doing a ride that "goes somewhere". A 100 mile > ride with either extra long / large loops back to a central camp, or a point > to point type ride is one where the adventure is taking you somewhere. Yet, > one of the most popular 100 mile rides in our region has many multiple loops > back into a central camp, with all vet checks in that camp. 25 miles > (longest loop) and camp, 15 miles, camp, 10 miles, camp etc. etc. . Some > loops are repeated until you have finally done that last 10 mile loop, to > finish riding 100 miles. Riders like having the vet checks where they can go > to their huge LQ trailer, take care of their horse, and sit in the a/c > awhile, relax, turn on the news on their TV and put their feet up while > waiting to head back on to the trail. The thought of having just a crew bag > out at an on trail vet check, and only having the basics along to crew their > horse is unthinkable to many.I personally think we are slowly losing the > adventure part of endurance in many areas. Some will argue that they need to > cater to these new riders who want these types of rides, to have ANY rides > at all. Thank goodness for people like Dave Nicholson who still put on > rides that cater to the adventurous type who not only will ride one 50 mile > ride in a single loop out of camp, but who want to do that 5 days in a row > with just a single vet check each day, where riders seem to do just find > with the crew bag type of check. But in general, I think we are seeing the > wussification of endurance. Where are al those tough riders who like > adventure, and would like to try a new sport? > > Jonni > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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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