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Re: [RC] What is the Sport? - Rae Callaway


Hmm, if LD got moved into the Endurance miles, that would leave a LOT of LD'ers 
out of luck for year end awards.? Any LD'er out for awards would have to hit a 
competition at least twice as many times (and complete high) as the 50's &?up 
do.? Kinda shooting themselves in the foot, if you ask me.

Rae

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----- Original Message ----
From: Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:51:45 PM
Subject: [RC] What is the Sport?

Truman, you nailed it exactly. You have given the most succinct explanation of 
the common usages of the term Endurance, and the slight confusions they lead 
to, that I have seen. The elephant in the living room, as I see it, isn't in 
the casual uses of the term Endurance. Instead, there is a small movement in 
some quarters where some riders want LD rides to be not only redefined to be 
under the same umbrella as an Endurance ride, but then to take that new 
definition and use it as evidence that the LD program should then offer all the 
awards, points-keeping and other recognition that is historically reserved for 
Endurance-level rides. This strategy, I submit, is what many riders of the 
longer distances object to. We don't care what people call themselves, we care 
that the distinctions earned by riding longer and farther be maintained.

As long as there are no efforts to change how LD rides are administrated or 
recognized to be on a par with the longer distances, there's no problem. 
Historically, the most vociferous objections I have seen here have been from 
those who have the above mentioned strategy in mind. I, for one, object to that 
strategy, for the various reasons I have posted here many times.? Bruce Weary
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