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The truth about Rider Fit
| February 5, 2020 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Endurance Horse Podcast asked me to do a short piece on endurance riding and rider fitness. This blog post is meant as a companion to *my words in the podcast episode “Rider Health – Part 2.” Check it out, and if you found your way here through the podcast, welcome. *I always always ALWAYS feel […] more
Rocky Raccoon 100 mile 2020
| February 3, 2020 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
They gave me a 100k buckle. Nope. That’s not how this post is going to start. let’s try again. I earned a 100k buckle. How was that? Better? Now you know everything you need to know about the race last weekend. It means I both won and I failed, and that’s exactly what running an […] more
Don’t Be a Troll – Part 2
| January 27, 2020 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
There’s homework for this post. Go read Mugwumps blog post “Don’t Should On Me,” and then run (quick quick!) over to Anna Blake’s blog and read “Free Advice: Everybody’s a Trainer.” Done? Think back to your last interaction in the horse world, whether that was a facebook group, show, ride, or barn evening. It doesn’t […] more
Not a Gift Guide 2019
| January 26, 2020 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yeah, it’s late. But since these posts are not a gift buying guide, is it really seasonal? Or is it just an excuse for me to share the things that have made me really happy in the past year and you might need in your life too? Here’s the 2016, 2017, and 2018 versions of […] more
Don’t Be A Troll Part 1
| January 23, 2020 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I recently had a post on this blog go viral. Honestly, it took me by surprise. Here I’ve been, plugging away for over a decade, writing about things I’m passionate about, sharing some of my deepest darkest thoughts, and doing my best to entertain you – My Dear Reader – by poking fun at myself […] more
Let There Be Light!
| November 24, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Mistakes during ultras boil down into big ones, small ones, and unlucky ones. The unlucky ones we can’t do anything about. So sorry, that’s how the game is played. You fell, busted your shin, broke 2 fingers. You stopped and helped a fellow runner that dislocated their knee cap and it was the right thing […] more
The Good Death
| November 14, 2019 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A good death. That is our responsibility to the animals under our care, if we can possibly give them one. It isn’t always possible – they get lost, hit by a car, burned by a fire, swept away in a flood, poisoned by contaminated feed. It’s a dangerous business – this thing called living. Sometimes […] more
