You are a piece of work, Mr. Ivers! You may
have a sense of humor, in a sick twisted sorta way.
I never, ever said that the processed feeds for
endurance were the way to go. I meant that
was just one more area for people to research
nutrition. Are you the ONLY valid source of information? Tom, I am not sure why
you despise people so much and assume we are all so stupid. Thank God for music,
ay? That's better than no therapy at all!
So you come from a race track background. Let's be
honest here and admit that it is quite different from endurance. That doesn't
mean that one venue can't learn from the other.
All the info you gave on JT's request on measuring
VO2 and VLA4 was very interesting. How come you didn't offer me any information
or examples from your log books? Don't tell me it's because you think I am too
stupid to look it up or understand it, because you wouldn't look up the AERC
stats, either.
Or maybe you just want me to buy your books.
By the way, Monte Roberts wrote a few books, too.
So what was your point when you asked one poster how many books she had
written?? Writing something down doesn't always make it so, now does
it? Just because people read it, doesn't make it any more valid, either.
I'll bet you have never read the Cowboy code of
conduct. It's not scientific, just about manners and kindness.
Let's come back to the real world. Taking blood
drops, monitoring glucose, buying and having on hand equipment like a centrifuge
and measuring spleen contractions, (I'll have to research that one to see
how it is applied to endurance) just isn't that realistic. It might be on
the racetrack and at the racing barns and farms. I'm not saying it can't be
done or it shouldn't be done because it certainly makes sense to follow such
protocol for an athlete, equine or human. It could certainly give one the
winning edge. Maybe.
I have 4 horses that I would like to compete on. If
I had the vet out once a week to monitor blood work that would cost about $300.
$1200 a month for the 8 or 9 months that we ride. Come on, Tom. Is that the only
way I can ever be competitive? Will spending tons of money and watching a crap
load of numbers keep my horses healthy and winning? That's the only possible
way?? Your way???
Or maybe I should just buy your products. Ahhh-ha!
That might be the ticket.
I am NOT a know it all, but I am not stupid either.
If glucose and HR's are the key numbers, I can do that. I can track weight from
workout to workout. All of that makes sense.
Is knowing those numbers going to make us winners?
Your guess is as good as mine. It is still a gamble on race day on how well you
and you horse will perform. Being in the racetrack business, you should know
that. I agree, starting off with a well fed, well trained and conditioned horse
and a jockey that can ride will give you better odds. It doesn't guarantee
anything, though.
Maybe that is where our US team went wrong. They
didn't buy all your stuff. I'll bet if we ALL bought your stuff, you wouldn't
get so annoyed with us. Because we would all be smarter, what did you think I
meant??
Has your keyboard come in yet? Can you track that
and see how much longer? ;)
