Sunday, May 7, 2017 Just over two years ago as an avid trail rider I decided to take on the ambitious goal of a single-day 100 mile ride. I can’t tell you exactly what possessed me to decide this, but something inspired me and I think I said it out loud at a dinner partyContinue reading “green to….”
Category Archives: Old Dominion Endurance Rides
Refined through the fire.
April 26, 2017 Where to begin? There’s been a lag in my blogging because I’ve been too busy doing to catch up with writing. Let me try to sum it up. Since my last blog post: my mother came to visit. We hosted a two-day private horsemanship type clinic together with friends (horsemanship seems theContinue reading “Refined through the fire. “
Every Little Thing
Monday, June 13, 2016 It was the Old Dominion (I had never heard of Tevis) that first captured my imagination of riding 100 miles through an article in a local electrical co-op magazine. The ride is nicknamed the Beast of the East and of the riders I’ve met (a very limited sampling) who’ve ridden bothContinue reading “Every Little Thing”
Plan B
Monday, April 25, 2016 Here is my No Frills 2016 recap. We arrived at a decent time on the second day which meant the primary camp was full and we were in the suburbs. The walk to everything is farther- but the flip side was we had a little more space to spread out. TheContinue reading “Plan B”
Anniversary… Of sorts.
Friday, April 22, 2016 Last year the Old Dominion No Frills ride was my first taste of the endurance community. The low was 35, it drizzled all night and I slept in my open trailer – cocooned in my hammock with 5 layers including a hat and scarf to keep from freezing. This year itContinue reading “Anniversary… Of sorts. “
T-minus
Last few days before the No Frills, April 2016 What do we do the week of the ride? Ride… A little. Take a leg stretching leisurely 5 mile ride on Tuesday with no goals except to enjoy the horse-human relationship. No speed work, no mountain climbing, we used our horsemanship open to and close a lotContinue reading “T-minus”
Moving right along
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 It’s nice to have a run where all falls into place. I will try to remember this the next it all seems to fall apart (realistically you do get both). Since my last post I’ve been riding, studying, researching, working out and processing. The processing is what I do here…Continue reading “Moving right along”
Part 2: What it’s all about
Monday, October 12, 2015 Ride time for the open 25 mile was much later than I’d liked (9:30am) because that puts us riding in the warmest part of the day. It had been cool for the past week and our final training in the rainy chill had been great. It was Faygo I was thinkingContinue reading “Part 2: What it’s all about”
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