Re: RC: Re: riding position a different problem

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 03:37 PM 7/5/00 -0700, Sarah McIntosh wrote:
> I just did my first 50 miler and after about
> 35 miles, my feet were starting to hurt excruciatinly across the ball of
> the foot area.  

A riding instructor told me if I had more than 4 oz of weight in your
stirrup, it's too much.  You can add padding to the stirrup all you
want, but if you've got too much weight in the stirrup you'll continue to
have problems.  Kind of like trying to make a poor fitting saddle
work by just adding more and more pads.  

Try this:  Set a scale in front of a chair, then with your eyes
closed, put your foot on it with what feels like the same amount of
pressure you use to ride.  Then see what the scale says.  4 oz.
isn't much - I found when I changed to using that little pressure, my
whole riding position changed for the better.  Lif

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