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RE: [RC] How to tell if you are over doing it? - Linda Cowles<<Then a great coach taught me the secret - don't work so hard. He introduced me to cross country training at varying speeds, some walking, some jogging, some running and some flat out sprinting all mixed together traveling through the countryside. The Norwegians have a name for this which escapes me now. >> Hey Truman - isn't the Norwegian term something like "Farchlick?" I subscribe to the ultra marathoners email group and Dead Runners, so I should know the correct spelling. Another way this translates to horses is letting a horse be "an up-hill horse", "a Downhill horse", "a trotting horse" - don't try to change the horses natural tendencies so much! If a horse develops to the point where uphill is easy, he'll go faster. When I started out endurance, I wanted to trot EVERYTHING. And when I started out running, I thought that I had to - at least - jog every step. Okay folks, I have *A*L*L* slow-twitch muscle fibers... I know, that's supposedly impossible, but you should see me go! That's compounded by over two dozen episodes of full blown pneumonia, exercise induced asthma at the beginning of every run, and other lung problems including several long stays in intensive care. When I realized that I could walk up hills and jog down them, I really became a "runner". My heart soared! And eventually, I ran almost everything. I needed to accept my limitations without giving up. Jan Jeffers taught me many valuable tricks, and the most valuable was going along on the horses ride. Julie Suhr <heh! heh!> taught me how to not give up!!! Thanks, ladies! Linda Linda Cowles Horse 'N Hound New, Consigned & Used Tack 9155 North State St. #13, Redwood Valley, CA 95470 EASY access with Hwy 101 frontage! Shop: 707-485-0347 Fax: 707-485-0453 kadence@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kadence@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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