tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post114627369327014282..comments2023-10-08T09:37:18.894-04:00Comments on Endurance Granny: Lots of Organizational HooplaJacke Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576351940350712538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post-80406015659660900682013-08-19T09:54:16.926-04:002013-08-19T09:54:16.926-04:00You have a bunch of posts that interest me this Mo...You have a bunch of posts that interest me this Monday morning! I'm 100% in agreement. LD is not "endurance" like 50/100 is. 5K runners and half-marathons look up to full marathoners as the elite of the sport, they know there's a whole level that they may never be able to achieve, and horse endurance is the same. However, LD in itself is a challenge and deserves to be respected for what it is. This brings in lots of people who do not own the Arabian with a resting P/R of 9/2. And HELL YES LD is a race. I don't know what these people are smoking, it's always been a race in the Midwest! To place in an LD you have to canter the whole dang thing. If anything LD encourages racing simply because it's easier to race 25 miles than to race a full 50 miles. So you walk in the last half mile to reach criteria for your official time... BFD. You still go balls out the entire rest of the way.KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922111866154597984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920971397380941204.post-64782097283461212972013-08-16T13:56:36.953-04:002013-08-16T13:56:36.953-04:00I feel like all of these discussions operate on an...I feel like all of these discussions operate on an assumption that WE are smart and responsible but that THEY cannot possibly be trusted to know their stuff and show good judgment. For varying values of WE and THEY depending on who exactly is doing the talking...but every conversation seems to start from a position of bad faith. Which is a pretty terrible way to get much of anything done, but that's humans for you, I guess.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237668899993749427noreply@blogger.com