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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
Thursday question post
| September 20, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Check out Many Muddy Paws blog and join me in a Thursday Question post. A benefit of being a vet student is that I can pull the “but I was really busy and stressed and that’s why…” card and everyone seems to nod in understanding. So….you might notice that not only is it NOT Thursday, […] more
How Endurance will look different pt. 4
| September 19, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is the end of my musings on how endurance is going to look different for Team Faubel. Thank goodness. There’s nothing like getting in the car for the morning commute and looking at the full moon and feeling a sudden impulse to whip through the pre-dawn streets without headlights to let you know that […] more
Endurance – a different look pt. 3
| September 14, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Continuing from where we left off – more ways that endurance season 2012 and beyond will look different. Tess is being a terrorist this morning and I slept in, in a desprete attempt to make some physical issues go away (didn’t work). If you thought eating salad as finger food was difficult – just try […] more
Endurance – a different look pt.2
| September 13, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Wanna know a fabulous idea? White puppy + black marker = An anatomy lesson I’ll probably retain. Tess will “retain” it too! Probably a lot longer than I would care to explain it…. I believe we were discussing how endurance this time around be ever more fabulous than my other restarts? Now that we’ve gotten […] more
