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

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

Maggie,  you are not a newbie.  You have done your homework and take care of
your horse. (sounds like it anyway)  You have been there and done that.  I
am alarmed by stories such as Howards, where winning is the most important
thing.  Playing the game safely and sanely and to the horses best ability
without OVER stressing it is/or should be the ultimate goal.  If that
results in  a first place then great job.  If that means a last place, then
it is still a great job.  I still stand by my opinions that  Limited
Distance competition is preparation for endurance riding.  There is a world
of difference between a 25 miler and a 50 miler.  Most any horse that is
ridden on a regular basis can get thru a 25 miler.   Not so for a 50. You
say that you are riding 20+ miles as workouts.  That is super.  Why are you
not riding longer distances on the rides?  If those of us who view LD as
practice and training rides are to be considered arrogant, then so be it.
gesa n clovis


-----Original Message-----
From: Dyane Smith <sunibey@sisqtel.net>
To: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
Cc: Ridecamp <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: Re: Uh-Oh! The LD thing again


>Maggie,
>Would you accept Heidi's distinction between a true endurance RIDE and a
>true endurance RIDER?  Even if you characterize yourself as a newbie, I
>would say that you are a true endurance RIDER but that the LDs are novice
>distances?  Does that sound fair to you?
>Dyane
>N. Ca
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
>To: GESA BRINKS <gesaeqfx@pe.net>; superpat <superpat@gateway.net>;
><Dbeverly4@aol.com>; <Howard4567@aol.com>
>Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 6:08 AM
>Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: Uh-Oh! The LD thing again
>
>
>> Here goes:  I am a newbie.  By my own definition.  I have  alot to learn.
>> Next year will be our 3rd ride season.  My horse EARNED his BC on the 25
>LD
>> this summer.  I know my horse and what he can do...I spent a year and a
>> half conditioning him before I ever went on a ride (not to mention the 2
>> years I put in on him ten years ago when I was first interested in
>> endurance but couldn't swing it and ended up having to sell Jonathan
after
>> our house burned down).  Sometimes the term "newbies" is used in a manner
>> on ridecamp that I find uncomfortable.  I know I have more to learn and I
>> think there are plenty of "experienced" riders who could learn a thing or
>> two as well.  I use all my sources....other riders, vets, ridecamp to
>learn
>> what I feel I need to know to be a competent endurance rider!  I doubt if
>I
>> will EVER stop learning or at least wanting to learn all I can to do a
>good
>> job with my horse in all aspects of endurance.... feeding, training,
>> equipment, conditioning....I expect to be in this sport for the long
haul.
>> I DO ride 20 + mile conditioning rides at home to prepare....for all
>> distances!  I have done fifties, hope to do a 100 when my horse AND I am
>> ready and in the meantime, I plan to have fun doing 25 LD and I consider
>> myself an endurance rider.  Not just because of the distance involved but
>> because of the time and effort I put into taking care of my horse and
>> preparing for the longer haul.  And that idea about top twenty being
>> scored....most of the LD I have done here in Michigan places the top 6
and
>> does BC scoring just like a "real" endurance ride.  I was third on the
>ride
>> in which my horse got BC.  Another rider wanted to RACE in.... I let my
>> daughter go on ahead of me (we were within one minute of each other) cuz
I
>> knew she and her horse could cross first.  They did.  (These 2 are
>destined
>> for 100s).  The rider who RACED us in came over 2nd.  His horse's pulse
>> came down fifth.  I happen to think we rode a smart ride and learning
>these
>> strategies, even on a 25 is good prep for the 50s.  You cannot lump all
LD
>> riders into a newbie category.  I have a friend who plans to start doing
>25
>> LDs next year....she has been riding since the early 70s.  She is hardly
a
>> newbie.  But she loves endurance more than CTR and cannot do the longer
>> distances.  I think we need a check on some of the arrogant attitudes I
>see
>> on ridecamp lately.
>>
>> Maggie Mieske
>> Mieske's Silver Lining
>> McBain, Michigan
>> http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
>>
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