Re: Newbie query: why required weight?

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-09-03 09:19:35 EDT, Teddy@runningbear.com writes:

<< That is their "handicap" or "disadvantage"...they wanted to compete at a
higher
 level bad enough to develop the ability and train for distances on foot..TO
HELP
 THEIR HORSES.  It paid off...
  >>
They also have the height and the strength to do it.  Even when I was running
40 miles a week and was much lighter, I still stayed on my horse every step of
the way because I couldn't keep up with him unless he was exhausted, and if I
rode right, that didn't happen.

Heidi