Monthly Archives: June 2015
25 Things to know before your first 25 mile LD ride
| June 26, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Most Popular |
Heading off to your first LD of 25 miles or more? Feeling a bit nervous? Relax! Here’s 25 of the essential must-knows before (and after) pulling into ridecamp. U Oct 2019 update: This post is now included in my book “Go Ride Far.” I’m leaving this post up on the blog in its entirety, […] more
How to take off hoof boots
| June 24, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Step 1 Hope that the boots fell off in the 2 days post ride since you saw the horse, but not feeling that lucky assemble the tools needed – hammer and long flat headed screw driver. Thank my lucky starts I’m married to a carpenter and the garage is *teeming* with such tools. Step 2 […] more
Wild West 2015
| June 22, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In the week before Wild West my husband and I got away on a little miniature vacation. Here I practice proper position for ride pictures – back straight, leg back, hands low, not talking to the photographers. Friday morning I glued on hind boots. It was by far the easiest, least stressful gluing I’ve ever […] more
There’s a gosh dang 50 this weekend!
| June 16, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I decided that riding my horse this week is probably a good thing if I expect to have a half way decent time this weekend at my 50 miler…. So Farley and I hit the trail at dusk last night and got in a brisk 3 miles. She got a week off for being lame […] more
June Link Luv
| June 12, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I present… this month’s time sink link luv. Good article, well written, please read. My Myers Briggs test result is really consistent over many years. I’ve had to take it over the years “officially” for various school and work reasons. So, I as confident as you can be when it comes to the “put you into […] more
It’s working
| June 12, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Dear Diary, My secret plan of increasing strength and fitness through a gradual increase in training weight is going nicely. I’m right on schedule to gain 40 pounds in 40 weeks, gradually and insidiously. There were moments I doubted the wisdom of such a plan, but I keep in mind all that fitness and muscle […] more
Farley is…
| June 5, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Sound! Sometimes it’s nice to be a vet. OK, mostly it’s like all the time it’s nice to be a vet, but sometimes being a vet comes in really useful. After our Sunday ride Farley was footsore, but it was hard to pinpoint exactly where the problem was. As I posted here, on Monday it […] more
