Farley Hoof update
| July 11, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Hind shoes go on this afternoon. Right now it’s a waiting game of when the site will re-epithelialize and “harden” up. Then she can go back to work! more
War wraps, Diapers, & Duct Tape
| July 9, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
The instructions were to wrap Farley in a ball (or “bell”) bandage every couple of days for three weeks to protect and support the tissue of her heel while it was squishy and oozy. There’s variation on any bandage (welcome to the grey areas of medicine), but in general for a ball bandage going on the […] more
June 2017 IRL
| July 4, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
Welcome to the season of alternative plans. I’m going to do ABC, I mean XYX, I mean MNOP, I mean nothing. No actually I’ll spend money on surgery instead, or a bucket race, or perhaps this will be the season I focus on Farley, oops I mean running, oops I mean getting miles on MerryLegs. […] more
A walk in the park?
| July 3, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Ultra Running |
I arrived home completely soaked with sweat. And with a blister on my heel. And the balls of my feet so painful I couldn’t walk barefoot on my hardwood floors. I’m sure you are waiting with bated breath to find out what new tortuous ultrarunning workout I had just performed. Here you go. : :: […] more
…And all the kings horses couldn’t put it back together again
| June 29, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
….So we had to have surgery. Here’s part 1 of the story. The Adhere patch was placed on Tuesday, and by Friday it had failed and the hoof flap had further destabilized. After much angsting and debating and scheming I faced the facts. I could stabilize the flap inside of a glue on boot and […] more
WS100 Pacing Lessons Learned
| June 28, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Ultra Running |
Two years ago I was hugely pregnant dreaming on my first 100 miler, watching the runners go through Foresthill with Lucy while trying not to feel like a has-been runner. That year Lucy and I met someone named E* who was crewing for her friend J* and we jumped at the chance to help out. He finished, […] more
Putting Humpty-Dumpty back together
| June 22, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Hoof trimming |
For the last 10 years this is what Farley’s right hind has looked like. The picture was taken from this post on my trimming method, because as you will see, it no longer looks like this. Specifically, the medial (inside) heel which is on the left of the picture. See how in the picture you can […] more
