Monthly Archives: September 2011
Fantasies
| September 30, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
What if…. I had a personal assistant? What would I choose to “contract” out of my life? This one is easy. Phone calls and listening to messages. And handwashing dishes. And washing my vehicles. But let’s face it – that’s a boring way to look at a rather fanciful question. “What do I want […] more
In which I compare Farley to vehicle maintenance
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you will shortly find out, I really have nothing to talk about – blah blah blah blah. But since this sounds very much like my current lecturing professor, I’m going to make a valiant effort. Oh – and BTW, most of the posts for this blog are scheduled now. It’s in an effort to […] more
100 mile completion rates
| September 26, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Every so often on the ‘net, someone asks why 100 mile rides have completion rates that are so much lower than 50’s. I think in general it’s common sense . I do think the specific factors are different for each horse/rider team. I’ve listed my top 3 reasons my completion rates for 100’s are lower […] more
New Trail Reviews and Maps – Website update
| September 25, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A new website update published today. I added another California trail review. Additionally, I have added google maps of all trailheads, and linked to pdf trail maps for all the California trails that were authored by me! Please check out the trail reviews and submit your own review for your favorite trail riding in your […] more
Foundations
| September 24, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Much like the realstate agent that harps “location, location, location”, I would argue that endurance is a product of foundation, foundation, foundation. Here is what I want in my “finished” product. I don’t want to have to continually “talk” Farley through a behavior step by step. I want her to choose correctly in a novel […] more
Thursday question post
| September 20, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Check out Many Muddy Paws blog and join me in a Thursday Question post. A benefit of being a vet student is that I can pull the “but I was really busy and stressed and that’s why…” card and everyone seems to nod in understanding. So….you might notice that not only is it NOT Thursday, […] more
How Endurance will look different pt. 4
| September 19, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is the end of my musings on how endurance is going to look different for Team Faubel. Thank goodness. There’s nothing like getting in the car for the morning commute and looking at the full moon and feeling a sudden impulse to whip through the pre-dawn streets without headlights to let you know that […] more
