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Sunrise ride
| September 2, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I actually managed to drag myself out of bed early enough to ride before clinics. Farley was predictably enthused by the prospect of a 6:30am sunrise ride. —————————————————————————————————— ML: Pick me pick me pick me!!!!! Farley: Pick her. ——————————————————————————————————– I led a thrilled Farley out of the paddock and saddled up for a dressage ride […] more
IRL Aug 2014
| September 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
That’s Farley, giving her best sad face at being ignored most of August. A big fat ZERO for everything. Well, technically there was one ride. But it was a 1 1/2 mile ride that lasted an hour because it involved dismounting and beating my pony with a stick lunging her around me with the reins […] more
Just ask the horse
| August 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? I decided on the way home that I didn’t particularly want to do the trails at Camp Far West, I just couldn’t think of a better place to go and ride. I did some hard thinking on the way home trying to think of a […] more
Confessions of an enduranceamanic
| August 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Confession 1 I totally made up “enduranceamanic”. I know, you couldn’t tell because it was so elegant. But seriously, after looking at the long list of vocabulary for different passions/obsessions and finding the perfect word if the subject matter was weird/extravagant marriage proposals, cats (ailuromania), my own extreme intelligence (sophomania), words (verbomania), or wine (oenomania), […] more
Morning time
| August 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This morning I dragged myself out of bed and went running, the logic being if I could get up at 5am and feed horses before school all week, surely I was capable of dragging myself out of bed on a regular basis and run or ride. The flaw in the logic is my poor decision […] more
Endurance Horse Skillz
| August 20, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m sure every affectionado of a particular horse sport has their pet peeves when it comes to how their horse’s training is perceived by people in other horse sports. Dressage is more than being able to have 3 gaits and go in a circle, and jumping potential is measured in ways other than the frequency […] more
Moving up a Distance
| August 19, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Somewhere between the Amazon boxes of clinic supplies and wedding stuff, I decided to include an order of running upgrades. I have an older Petzl headlamp – but it’s not quite good enough to run at night. I’m tired of socks with holes in them. I saw this ultrarunning book as a review on a […] more
