Monday, May 2, 2016 Things are a bit quiet on the green to 100 front lately. After a successful 30 miles at the Old Dominion No Frills I came home and dug into the rest of my life which is immensely busy right now. And dug in is appropriate because my husband and I areContinue reading “Metal”
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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”
Never Hurry, Never Tarry
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 One last big training ride on Sunday took us 26 miles on a warm day in the mid-70s. Horses both did well and we kept our best training stats yet of 5.5 mph moving and 4.8 mph overall (includes stopping for water, munching grass etc). Khaleesi is younger and stronger thanContinue reading “Never Hurry, Never Tarry”
Pads
Sunday, April 17, 2016 My farrier came back on Friday. I have said before that he is my most trusted and valued equine professional. Thankfully his son seems to want to follow his footsteps and is showing a lot of promise in the art because I could outlive him and I worry about what onContinue reading “Pads”
Junk Miles
Thursday, April 14, 2016 I recently read a post by a seasoned endurance rider who was going over his conditioning plan and he mentioned avoiding junk miles. Junk miles are miles (for a horse in good condition) that serve no specific purpose and are counterproductive by physically wearing down or mentally frustrating your horse. IContinue reading “Junk Miles”
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”
Winter Speed Ceiling
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 I woke up to snow flurries yesterday morning and temps in the 20s. I figured we’d ridden in worse weather in February so better get out there and get some miles in anyway. Plus there’s no stopping Susan – she doesn’t get cold! Thankfully it didn’t take long for the overnight/earlyContinue reading “Winter Speed Ceiling”
Where is my mind….
Monday, April 4, 2016 After Leatherwood, I spent the short time I had at the barn in feeding and doing a worming power pack on Khaleesi- and backing her up the hill in their pasture each day. Both the worming and the backing were simple things that couldn’t hurt – in worse case have noContinue reading “Where is my mind….”
The Learning Distance (LD)
March 25-26, 2016 Leatherwood Mountain Challenge, Ferguson, NC: 25 miles. Dark, starry night. Camp is quiet by now though it’s only 10:30. I can’t sleep this early- and even when I do sleep it won’t be sound. I always listen for the munching and drinking of my horse. A horse chewing hay outside your trailerContinue reading “The Learning Distance (LD)”
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