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One notable instance of trying carbohydrate-loading on a horse met with 
poor, if not disastrous results.  It's been a long time ago, but as I 
remember the horse did not do well.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Sturm" <nsturm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:54 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] The book


> Thanks.
>
> As a former distance runner, then competitive cyclist,  I have been
> wondering if I am making a mistake in applying training techniques that
> work with human athletes to the physical conditioning of a horse.  Am I
> understanding correctly that the same training strategies are appropriate
> for the two different species?
>
> Nancy Sturm
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 8/2/2005 4:48:27 PM
> > Subject: [RC]   The book
> >
> > Please Reply to: ti Tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ==========================================
> >
> > Speaking of not absorbing - what is the title (again) of the book that
> outline's Lance Armstrong's regimine?
> > Nancy Sturm>
> >
> > The Ultimate Ride, by Chris Carmichael.
> >
> > One of the interesting topics pursued in the book is that of
> "periodization". Minicycles, macrocycles, megacycles--how to build a week,
> a month, or a year's worth of ebb and flow work/recovery cycles that will
> enable very long term continual improvement. the last time I was in Abu
> Dhabi, writing the 5 year plan, I took a marathoner friend familiar with
> periodization techniques for marathoners and that concept was built into
> the plan. At the time, it was a relatively new concept to me. That
> marathoner, Rob Lyden, has since written his own book and his in-depth
> treatment of periodization is excellent. Google Rob Lyden and/or
> periodization and you'll likely find it.
> > ti
>
>
>
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