April IRL 2014
| May 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I wrote this post on 4/30/14 and it published on 5/1/14. (don’t get confused when I say “today” as if we were still in April, because when I wrote it we were!) These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how a conditioning program is being applied “real life”. It’s one thing to talk […] more
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
More about Merrylegs
| April 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today went exactly like I expected it to – and exactly how I hope the next couple weeks go. I turned her out into the arena with lots of carrot chunks in my pockets and we got to know each other. Me walking up to her Her walking up to me Hanging out with me […] more
MerryLegs comes home
| April 27, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Introducing…..TKR Merry Go Far. Aka: MerryLegs Today was a long road trip over to the Monterey area to pick her up. Three and half hours there, 4 hours back. Before heading out, we took some time to walk around and do a meet and greet of some of her horses I’ve only seen in […] more
Pictures of pony stuff will make me happy(er)
| April 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today we are going to admire pretty pictures of ponies and clean trailers +/- Tess photobombs. And you, My Dear Reader, are not going to expect anything brilliant out of me today. Why? Because I’ve had a very bad day, most of which was my own doing. The stable outing help tremendously and And now, […] more
Beyond my first 50k
| April 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Let’s say that you didn’t want to wade through all the info in the last 2 posts (but you looked at the pretty pics right?) but still want a run down of the most important take-aways. Or maybe you want to know “you’ve completed your first ultra….now what?” You are in the right place! Writing […] more
Mt. Diablo – the nitty gritty 2
| April 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Continuing with the detailed posts on the Mt. Diablo 50k. I am under no illusion that going into this much detail on the topic will be of interest to all my readers, but at least scroll down and look at the pretty pictures :). Recovery Here’s the interesting thing about this race. I’m not sore. […] more
