Yearly Archives: 2011
The first rain
| October 5, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On Monday we had the first rain of the season. This does not bode well for my conditioning this fall. As I’ve probably mentioned a hundred times, where I live in California, the jet stream changes approximately every 3 months. The weather we have in the first 2 weeks of the “new” jet stream at […] more
Blogging – just do it
| October 3, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is a shameless post to encourage you to start blogging. Blogging is incredibly rewarding. It will develop skills such as writing, communication, planning, layout, visual design. You will learn far more than your readers, even if your intent is to educate. It will make you a better thinker, analyst, communicator, and planner. It will […] more
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
