[RC] time for riding - heidi sowardsI am lucky too, my property backs to Weyerhauser/Gifford Pinchot and gravel/dirt logging roads. Right now I don't have a truck or trailer, so it works out ok. I can ride for miles, lots of hills, but finding the time in the winter and the Pacific NW rain is tough. (I'm a wuss!) 2 kids, one with homework problems, a 40 hour per week job and a 45 min. drive either way. Right now I'm just riding on weekends and just for 5-10 miles per ride. It helps that my boyfriend supports me riding and does meals/kid stuff when I need him to. When March rolls around the the daylight is longer I'll throw in a couple of evening rides and just come home in the dark. Since I have alot of hills, it seems to work ok. Of course I've only just trained for 25's and 50's. Have a new(er) horse and he's only been under saddle a year, so this schedule will help keep me from overdoing it. By the end of July I hope to have him up to 50's. We'll see! heidi --- Merryben@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2003 5:10:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx writes:40 hours in the office. Don't forget drive time, in my case that's about 2 hours a day.I am lucky in that respect. I work 5 miles from my house and takes me 20 minutes if the traffic is really heavy. My horses are 10 miles from home and that only takes about 20 minutes every evening... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ===== Heidi-aerc#M20935 /\_/\~ http://www.synjinarts.com ~~/~~ \\~~~~ (Wildlife/Western & Equine / O> ) \~~~~~ Art) / __/ \~~~~~~ (_@_/ | \~~~~ | \~~~~~~ | \~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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