on 9/2/02 2:41 PM, Becky Hackworth at bechack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
My stomach had not felt right since yesterday, but I had been drinking. I have a new camelback fanny pack which I drained TWICE during this ride. I needed more than water. We got to the 5 mile from camp 5 minute hold. Horses drank, I got a bottle of water, ice cold, drank some, poured the rest on my head and body. I had actually dried out by this time. All except for my shoes. I was still squishing. . I was feeling ok, but very tired. So off we go. BUT WE KEPT TURNING AWAY FROM CAMP. A couple of times I almost cried. I was definitely loosing it. Sue was doing her best to get us done. We trotted and walked, walked and trotted. Oh yeah, this is the section with the most deep sand so we did walk a lot. The sauna sections seemed to get more frequent. I could hardly breath. I felt like I was gasping with air hunger. My ribs didn't hurt, so I didn't think I had broken a rib or punctured a lung. Probably with 3 miles to go I had to tell Sue I couldn't trot any more. Everything hurt. Small rub areas had become gaping wounds due to the wet sandy cloths. Muscle fatigue so bad I couldn't lift my arms. My lips were tingling. I couldn't feel my legs and my arms down to my elbows were also tingling.
I thought we were the only ones who felt that way! Bernie said it felt like Vietnam. My sunglasses kept steaming up and it seemed like every step we took, the camp would or should be right there, and it never was. It felt unending. I cried a couple of times in there. It was just too hot at that point in the day to be out for so long. I'm certain it is why my mare tripped and went down, we had been and were in full sun near Jurupa park and I think I was missing the brainpower to make good decisions. I probably should not have asked or let her canter, but I was too sun-adled to know it.
I'll tell you what, if someone had said, you are at the 50 mile mark of a 100 miler, only half way done, I would have got off and laid in the dirt. Couldn't go another step. Mare was much better than me right then, and after a few hours. I'm definitely the worse off of the two in the aftermath. She had no filling or anything.
I have learned I need to be a bit fitter, but mostly it was the heat.
Tiffany
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