Feb 2017 IRL
| March 2, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Training journal |
Except for Black Canyon, I feel like February was a complete waste of my time (except some how I’m still going to manage to write 1600 words about it…). Being evacuated, evacuating Farley, a 10 day rest period after Black Canyon, it rained all the time, and a surprise 5-figure tax bill. Go ahead, ask me […] more
Black Canyon 100k 2017
| February 23, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Event Report, Ultra Running |
I don’t have a clue where to start this story. At the last aid station when I told Ashley I had 2 hours to make the last 7 miles in the freezing, wind-driven rain and then I was going to die of hypothermia? Or do I describe how the mud and water running over the trail was […] more
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
| February 16, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I won’t bore you with another recap of the Oroville Dam spillway fiasco except to say that I, like most people in the area, were aware of the issues and were keeping close tabs on the information. For days we were being told that everything was just dandy, and even as many things turned out to […] more
Evacuated
| February 12, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For those of you that know that I live in Yuba City and have been watching the news, my family and I and most of the animals are in the process of evacuating. Only the bird is staying. This evacuation order literally came out of the blue as if it wasn’t for the danger of […] more
My annual February post
| February 9, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The world is AWFUL and I’m never doing anything again because the world/weather/darkness is going to be here FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER and what was I thinking calling myself a runner, and all the horses should obviously be sold because they are never going to be ridden again…… …So begins the self-wallowing pit of misery […] more
Platinum Performance
| February 6, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Nutrition |
As I watched Farley float across the arena I realized that I was going to have to change my long-held beliefs about nutritional supplements and feed-thru joint supplements. There’s nothing like endurance and medicine to make you eat your words, question your beliefs, and keep you humble. In January I decided to give Platinum Performance […] more
January 2016 IRL Training Log
| February 2, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Mel's Life, Training journal |
January was a mixed bag – lots of horse time, some awesome runs…and a cold that knocked me out of training for at least a week, and rain that just never stopped. MerryLegs MerryLegs was trimmed, had a test run in a turnout blanket, loaded up in the trailer and shipped off to mare camp (ie […] more
