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Re: [RC] 100 Discussion / Partway step from 50 to 100/ AERC website Informaion - kimfuessThere is some really good information on moving up in distance on the AERC website under the education heading. Some of the information is specifically for 100s.The only way to know if your horse is ready and can do a 100 is to go out and try one. Patty makes some very good points below about readiness and training. I am never sure when I take a horse to their first 100 that they are going to make the entire 100 mile ride. But the one thing I am sure about is that I will learn so much more about my horse by entering him in the 100 as opposed to waiting a few more months or years to try the new distance with him. So what if we don't finish that first attempt. I will probably have ridden that horse further in that attempt than any other competition ride or training ride I have done in the past. I will probably learn more from that DNF than a years worth of 50s and/or comditioning rides at home. That is worse case for not completing your first 100. Best case is that you will finish and wonder why you didn't try a 100 sooner and be hooked on the distance. My best advice to anyone thinking of doing their first 100 in 2007 is to never look at the 100 mile distance as a whole. Break the ride down into parts and mentally ride vet check to vet check. You already have the confidence to ride those shorter distances whether (10, 15, 25) miles without a second thought. Time passes much more quickly this way and before you know it, you are past the 65 or 75 mile mark with only a "LD" to go :) Two weeks ago, I took a horse to his first ride in two years which happened to be a 100. (I had been doing lots of riding with him at home - I didn't just pull him out of pasture). The only way I could even envision getting through this ride was breaking it down into smaller sections and riding vet check to vet check. I never once looked at the 100 mile distance as a whole. In my opinion, riding 100s is more a mental game than a physical one. Use whatever it takes to get you further down the trail. Pretty soon you actually have 100 miles behind you and have completed the distance. Kim Fuess ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty Stedman" <procompsvc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:52 AM Subject: [RC] 100 Discussion / Partway step from 50 to 100 -- new 75 miler in the Northeast
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