Re: Re: Uh-Oh! The LD thing again

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Hi Maggie,
I love a fair and good disagreement. Howsoever......When I used to run
(three to five miles a day 5-6 days a week) I could call myself a runner. If
I entered a 10 mile fun run, I was so happy to just finish standing up and
boy was I proud. But, No way could I call myself a marathoner. Wouldn't it
be silly if I even tried to get anyone to include me in that "elite" group.
They have earned the right to their own special club and I can try to get in
anytime I want. IF I want to do the conditioning and hurt like you know what
etc. etc. etc. Get the drift??????
----- Original Message -----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: superpat <superpat@gateway.net>; <Dbeverly4@aol.com>;
<Howard4567@aol.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Uh-Oh! The LD thing again


> Sorry, Pat.  Disagree about the placing in LD and judging for BC.  Burn,
> burn, burn. :)  And telling someone they can't be a "true endurance rider"
> if they can't do a fifty or 100 is just plain mean spirited.  I think
there
> is room for all distances in our sport and if we start putting up dividing
> lines, then this is not the sport I thought it was!  There are some who
> ride 25 LD for whom it is a greater accomplishment (due to disability or
> whatever) than those who can easily do a 50 or 100.  I see no reason why
> they should not receive miles, points and recognition as well.  So, we'll
> have to find a way to disagree and still be "fellow" endurance riders.
>
> Maggie Mieske
> Mieske's Silver Lining
> McBain, Michigan
> http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
>


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