Yearly Archives: 2014
Imposter Syndrome
March 2, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I had never heard about imposter syndrome until I got to vet school. Apparently it’s REALLY common among vet students (and when you first graduate and beyond). Its a feeling that you aren’t really good enough to be there. That any moment someone is going to find out you are a totally fraud, de-mask you […] more
Should I ride today?
March 2, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Ummm…I’m not sure. Let me check my weather forecast. That was…helpful…. Let me look outside. Sunny? Cloudy? Rainy? Windy? All the above and changing every 15 minutes. And that’s why at 9am I’m sitting in my recliner with a cup of coffee frozen with indecision of whether I’m riding today? Doing housework? Will it […] more
Endurance Food
March 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I love food. Adore it. Thus, it is one of life’s cruelest jokes that you put me in at a ride and food becomes an impossibility. In some ways, my journey as an endurance rider has NOT been a journey of how to ride a horse for 50 or a 100 miles – it’s been […] more
The 100 miler bond – it’s real
March 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Something magical happens when you finish a 100 milers on a horse. Farley looking good coming out of the winter. We’ve talked about some complicated subjects, and I’ve been posting some long-winded posts that may or may not be interesting to any/some of my readers. And yes, there’s some more complicated and long winded posts […] more
IRL – Feb 2014
March 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how a conditioning program is being applied “real life”. It’s one thing to talk about the ideal program – it’s quite another thing to see how an actual person is applying it real life horse. Maybe you are a new rider that is trying to find […] more
Recovery Thoughts III
February 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s been six days. Recovery. It does the body good. Six days post race and I’ve tried to run once. It was an absolute, miserable failure. Muscles? Calves are still the tiniest bit tight but it’s so minor I really didn’t think it was a problem. Neuro/central fatigue component? I can’t even begin to describe […] more
Before the blog…
February 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report |
…there was a scrapbook. I keep referring to my first marathon and earlier this week I talked about Mary, my marathon angel. I thought you might like to see a picture of that finish and tonight I dug around in the garage and found the scrapbook. I fell in love with distance and endurance before […] more