Yearly Archives: 2014
The difference between endurance rides and ultras
| October 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For almost a year I’ve had one foot in the trail running ultra world, and one foot in the trail riding endurance world. While the two sports are very similar at the core, there are some surprising differences. Here’s what I’ve learned this year. Ultras aren’t short Oh sure, there are exceptions on both sides…but […] more
Getting Real
| October 6, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I have a fifty miler on saturday. That I am running without the benefit of a horse. Five days. That, my Dear Reader, is getting real. It’s time to start doing some damage control now that *MerryLegs seems to be on the mend. Do you realize I haven’t run in a week? Ruh roh. Time to […] more
Vet students animals are cursed
| October 5, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yes, they really are. Pigeon fever. This video was taken Sunday morning, almost a week after I saw the first abscess. Saturday I noticed that her right leg was really swollen. Desperately hoping it was just filling edema from the inflammation in her chest, I couldn’t ignore it when it was still there and worse […] more
September 2014 IRL
| October 4, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Let’s do this in the style of life…..Fortunately/Unfortunately. Ready? Farley Farley got out more in September than in August (YEAH!) But, we only hit the trail 3x (and one of those was a very slow ML pony ride) because of enforced time off after her fly blanket made her withers sore. (BOOO!) We did not […] more
ML and MeL updates
| October 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The ML update is intimately entwined with the Mel update, so let’s start at the beginning and see where it takes us. When I checked on ML this morning, after writing the previous blog, she was a LOT worse than last night. Last night I didn’t actually notice anything until half way through a ride […] more
Really? I swear this is exactly what I need *headdesk*
| October 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
MerryLegs has pigeon fever. Of course, effed up things like this don’t tend to happen in isolation on a day when everything else is rainbows and unicorns. Of course not. Everything bad has to dump upon us all.at.once. But the rest of my stellar day had nothing to do with horses, endurance, or vetmed so we […] more
Origin Stories
| September 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I want you to pick your current favorite horse and tell me about them. 60 seconds or less, tell me a story. No cheating, close your eyes and go through that story in your head. Ready, Set, Go! —————————————————————————————————– What story did you just tell me? Did you tell me about what the horse has […] more
