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What’s for Dinner?
April 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
With a new horse coming home, it’s a good time to reevaluate my horse ration and see if there are any easy gains to be had! This won’t be a comprehensive post about horse nutrition, rather some tools and thoughts and opinions that might be useful when thinking about your own horse. As you can […] more
Endurance Food
March 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I love food. Adore it. Thus, it is one of life’s cruelest jokes that you put me in at a ride and food becomes an impossibility. In some ways, my journey as an endurance rider has NOT been a journey of how to ride a horse for 50 or a 100 miles – it’s been […] more
Recovery Thoughts III
February 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s been six days. Recovery. It does the body good. Six days post race and I’ve tried to run once. It was an absolute, miserable failure. Muscles? Calves are still the tiniest bit tight but it’s so minor I really didn’t think it was a problem. Neuro/central fatigue component? I can’t even begin to describe […] more
The Tig plan and why blogging is better than studying
January 20, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A three day weekend is a great chance to study. A three day weekend is a great chance to catch up on blogging! Blogging is more effective than studying anyways. I can’t tell you guys how much the questions you ask me and the topics I write about here (usually because one of you has […] more
The last of my nutrition tidbits
November 23, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Sorry for the silence – I’ve been writing posts – but they are “special” posts that are being scheduled for the future for moments that are coming up that I don’t want to miss! You’ll understand when you see them go up :). Let’s get started on more nutrition! A question that I’ve gotten several […] more
Tevis Details IV – (Boots and Gear lists)
August 1, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
My ride and tie essay is submitted!!!! And….I had a revelation. Did you know that the scholarship award is exactly the amount of a used Solstice saddle? Which, as of 2 years ago, did not hurt my knees when I rode. And it fit Farley well enough. Of course, it’s also the same price as […] more
Supplements
March 22, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
According to Smart Pak, using their Supplement Wizard Farley should be getting: “Comprehensive support” = $5.78/day Gastric ulcer prevention supplement ($1.39/day) Joint supplements ($2.11/day) Multivitamin ($0.68/day) Insect control ($0.71/day) Essential fatty acids ($0.98/day) “Enhanced support” = $4.17/day Gastric ulcer prevention, joint supplement, multivitamin “Basic Support” = $3.50/day Gastric ulcer prevention, joint supplement […] more