Yearly Archives: 2015
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
May IRL 2015
| June 2, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Mel's Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorized |
Oh my friends, I had such a lovely month! Pictures in this post come courtesy of a fabulous conditioning ride with blogger Aurora and new friend C*. Picture credits goes to one of the three of us for any particular picture. MerryLegs She got a couple of ground sessions and I actually hopped on her […] more
New Beginnings
| May 30, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Since starting this blog 6 1/2 years ago life has managed to neatly categorize itself into self-named chapters. “The first 1000 miles” resolved about the time “The vet school years” got underway. With the vet school years *behind me, I’ve been waiting anxiously for this new chapter to name itself. As best as I can […] more
The characteristics of a ride and tie horse
| May 25, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s amazing how sixty post drafts does not mean a blog post is actually forthcoming. But then I saw this link on the characteristics of a great endurance horse, and I knew I had to post about the lesser known ride and tie horse. Oh yes, ride and tie horses have skillz. What do I […] more
