Monthly Archives: February 2010
The adventure continues
| February 25, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Ah yes – the joys and challenges of a 100 mile race…..and I haven’t arrived at ride camp. I took my truck in to have the cruise control looked at today. It stopped working Monday and this was the earliest appointment they had. Considering my warranty is up is ~1000 miles, I really wanted […] more
Mostly about passing
| February 25, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I sent off the last post and realized I hadn’t responded to comments. Drat! So here’s a bonus post for the day. Comment Follow up So far my favorite response to a difficult person is Karen’s camera approach. Perfect! I really appreciate the heads up about the 65 milers. Even though I rode […] more
Random little things
| February 25, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is likely to be my last post before heading to 20 MT (unless I get inspired and this turns into a too-many-posts day) so it’s likely to be slightly random. You have been forewarned. Thought #1 My whiny post about my endurance pet peeves got picked up my endurance.net! It’s only the second […] more
Fall Apart and Annoyed
| February 24, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you can guess, Day 4 is all about my carefully laid plans falling apart. Allergy meds made me stupid and groggy. I anticipated that, which is why I started Monday. However they also made me sleep through my alarm, which means my trailer will NOT be going into the shop to get the […] more
Regrets
| February 23, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Five days before a big race – such as a 100 – I start thinking of all those things I should have done to prepare, now that it’s too late. It will be interesting to look at this post-100 next week to see what really mattered…. Things I wish I had been able to […] more
What!!!!!
| February 19, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You have GOT to be KIDDING!!!!!! This week has been a glorious orgy of spring weather – sunny, warm, trees a’bloomin’ and ponies a’shedding Imagine my dismay when I woke up and the ground outside the weather looked especially damp, as if it had RAINED. Imagine my HORROR when I looked at the […] more
Jekyll and Hyde
| February 18, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Is this why people own geldings? Because they get to ride the same horse every day? Farley was (unpredictably) a complete witch yesterday about arena work. Maybe she was a bit sore from our work on Monday. Maybe the footing wasn’t exactly to her liking (it was compacted, but better than the regular arena […] more
