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Re: [RC] 100 mile rides are disappearing - Dawn Carrie<<Someone told me that one of the reasons more riders don't attend 100 milers is that multi-day riders are more fun, give the riders more points, and offer a lovely 5-day vacation.>>
I've heard this argument before, but to me, multidays and 100s are apples and oranges. You're right, the multiday is like a long vacation, the horse/rider get more miles (and points, if that's important to the rider), and it's easier to do...ride 50 miles, have dinner, visit with friends, have a good night's sleep, then do another ride, etc. With a 100, one potentially rides all day and much of the night, no sleep, gets sore, tired, often no time for a good meal, etc. But the reward, for me, is much greater on a 100. I think 100s and multidays attract different kinds of people, to a certain extent, although there are definitely many who do both. I'd like to do some of the western multidays just because of the pretty trails. But my biggest wish is that I lived closer to more 100s. Given a choice between a multiday and a 100 on the same weekend, I'd choose the 100. Well, most of the time...to preserve marital harmony, we'd need to balance things out by making balanced choices. <VBG>
Dawn Carrie, Texas (whose hubby isn't doing 100s...yet)
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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