Thursday, January 5, 2017 Determined to continue training despite hoofwear woes I put my broken boots back together as best I could and dug through the old chest for anything I could get on her front foot to keep on the trail while waiting for the new scoots. I found a long past use easybootContinue reading “Winter Conditioning : Brought to you by Duct tape and vet wrap”
Category Archives: Reaching Goals
Middle School
Friday, December 30, 2016 Winter has come. Now I’m getting ready for Khaleesi’s second (full) season. I am not completely new to endurance, but I’m far from an experienced rider. I suppose figuratively I’m moving into the awkward middle school years. This winter I am taking a horse with 5 LD rides and 3Continue reading “Middle School”
Margin, Barn Therapy & The Work
Who would you be without your story? Friday, December 23, 2016 Merry Christmas! During this Holiday season I’ve found myself building up internally with small stresses and irritations- running short on time and daylight to do all I want to get done. A friend of mine recently shared a similar experience with things we bothContinue reading “Margin, Barn Therapy & The Work”
Wild Heart
Monday, October 31, 2016 Hello team green fans. This blog is an update and explanation of how October and ride season is wrapping up. First there is no Fort Valley update because we didn’t go. No- Khaleesi isn’t injured and she was basically ready to go and hopefully complete one last 50 of our firstContinue reading “Wild Heart”
Power of the Mind
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Seventeen days until our last ride of the season. I’ve heard Fort Valley is a challenge. As all the Old Dominion rides it’s rocky and rough, and mountainous. The variable however is weather. The OD in June is going to be hot- only a question of how hot and how humid.Continue reading “Power of the Mind”
Balance Point
Sunday, October 2, 2016 I hope you have enjoyed riding high with me through my blogs lately… as sure as the world turns nothing lasts forever. Balance has been a key theme in my life for a long long time. A long time. I’ve heard that slightly ‘unbalanced’ people are often very effective and changeContinue reading “Balance Point”
Let go.
Wednesday, September 29, 2016 Khaleesi and I are on a good streak lately: strong connection and great solo rides. I try to use “I” and “Me” because my horse is always perfect. She is a horse after all. She doesn’t lie and she always acts like a horse. She is a mirror at best andContinue reading “Let go.”
And sometimes…
Monday, September 26, 2016 … We dance. Just as I’d sighed happily and said how blessed I felt to have a horse that runs to the gate to see me and dips her head into the rope halter asking: What wonderful adventure will we have together today? Things change – her hoof soreness has beenContinue reading “And sometimes…”
Testing the Limits
From Iron Mountain 50: Friday, August 26, 2016 7am: I felt the excitement of starting with more than 30 other riders in the morning fog along the New River. That feeling you get when you think ‘I get to ride my horse today!’ only times 100 because you are embarking on a 50 mile adventureContinue reading “Testing the Limits”
Dream it.
Friday, July 29, 2016 I thought the last post would be the final for July but this evenings little 4.25 mile ride deserves mention. First Nette and friends created a custom felt shim pad for me from a template of Pam’s to pull the front of my saddle up just a touch. We’ve established thatContinue reading “Dream it. “
green to 100 