Bone is Cool! And other ramblings
| February 21, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Can we just agree that my post yesterday was interesting and varied enough to count for a post today? And thus, I can mark off on my handy streak calendar that I blogged today and thus extending my current streak to 3 days….(my record since keeping track in January is 6 days in a row). […] more
Mel attempts to apply theorictical knowledge to a practical situation
| February 21, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This post started very focused….and then I got distracted by Google Reader. And then I realized I did a lot of things today I want to talk about. And then I realized that after a weekend of pretending I was NOT a vet student and doing zero studying, my chance of writing the blog posts […] more
A different look at endurance
| February 21, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Of the top running horses out there in international competition, Monk is my favorite. I don’t plan on competing at the FEI level – just not my cup of tea, but this post on Monk’s blog is a facinating look into that world. Chris does a great job both narrating and telling the story through […] more
The tendon post
| February 20, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
It’s the post you’ve been waiting for…….TENDONS. How they condition (or not), how they heal (or not), and what you can do to prevent injury (or, unforunately…..not). I’ve been putting this post off because I felt like I didn’t have the time or energy to give the topic justice. However, in the last week I’ve […] more
Fear
| February 18, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Never have a read such a succinct, fabulous post on fear: http://howgoodridersgetgood.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-many-faces-of-fear/ Those long term readers to this blog know that I deal with fear and anxiety in a variety of forms, and I’ve worked hard to work my way through the mental forests that pertain to various horsey situations. I understand if you are […] more
Training tips: distance versus time
| February 16, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
During conditioning rides, do you ride for time or distance? When I was training for marathons (before I got smart and realized I could do this from the back of a horse….) I followed a program that believed that time spent hitting the road mattered more than the actual distance that you did. Galloway said […] more
*Drum Roll* please
| February 16, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Two very important things happened today. *Drum roll please……* 1. I reserved my hotel room for the AERC convention. I’ve been going back and forth about whether to go or not. I don’t have school Thursday, but I have school on Friday – including a cool neuro lab where we get to bring our own […] more
