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I really don't remember anyone actually proposing this.  Got a  
reference?


On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Rae Callaway wrote:

> 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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