tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20666162.post114212254823539959..comments2024-01-30T22:53:34.269-08:00Comments on Musings of an Intrepid Commuter: irondadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17821323482397075170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20666162.post-1142216096711659662006-03-12T18:14:00.000-08:002006-03-12T18:14:00.000-08:00Thanks for the kind comments, guys. We have such ...Thanks for the kind comments, guys. We have such a huge demand for classes that the season has sort of crept longer. Our last class last season was the first week of December. The first class this year was the first week of February. We almost had to cancel because the weather was 17 degrees (F). We started in classroom and went to the range when it became a balmy 22 degrees. You have to be careful to look after the students. And there were enough crazy students that we had full classes.<BR/><BR/>It does feel really good to think I'm making a difference. I totally believe in and am passionate about it. It's got to be worth SOMETHING to give up so many riding weekends to teach!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20666162.post-1142205044285897932006-03-12T15:10:00.000-08:002006-03-12T15:10:00.000-08:00Yeah hats off to instructors everywhere and you in...Yeah hats off to instructors everywhere and you in particular Irondad. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20666162.post-1142173151548472412006-03-12T06:19:00.000-08:002006-03-12T06:19:00.000-08:00You must be made of tougher stuff out in Oregon. ...You must be made of tougher stuff out in Oregon. Here in Pennsylvania the MSF courses (at least in this area) close up shop in October and don't start again until April because of the cold. I've driven by the riding course a few times where I took the class fully expecting to see people practicing but all that was there were a bunch of trucks parked in the middle of the course.<BR/><BR/>I think what you are doing is great and taking this courses makes a real difference. I rode a lot in high school and always considered my skills somewhere around Steve McQueen. Taking the course 30 years later helped me realize that I was a really bad, untrained, uninformed, arrogant, overconfident rider.<BR/><BR/>I have been transformed. Now I am aware, accepting, careful and know what it means to manage risk.<BR/><BR/>My hats off to all of you who teach those courses.<BR/><BR/>steveSteve Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540977884513559091noreply@blogger.com