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RE: [RC] Judgment Call - heidi

Good choice, Mike.  Not being really "fit" yet, she really shouldn't be doing back-to-back rides yet anyway--even if everything had gone perfectly at the earlier one.
 
Heidi



Teri and Bruce,

Thank you for your thoughts.  This is indeed my "new" mare... she has had
some conditioning but nothing I think could be considered as a base.  We
rode FITS at a pace that she seemed comfortable with, but in retrospect
made a few mistakes along the way--one of which was (with some exceptions)
allowing her to do what she "seemed" to be comfortable with.  She did not
seem to exert herself unduly during the ride, so it was difficult to judge
her true condition.

Another mistake was not recognizing just how hard some of those "dirt"
roads are.  I imagine working on that surface would give a horse the
equivalent of "shin splints" if they're not conditioned to it, and suspect
someting like this is what happened to my mare.

Think we'll slow things down a bit for the spring/summer and build up a
base, with the goal of completing a 2-day 25 (GERA) in June before
attempting our first 50 this winter.  Not sure what good "base-building"
schedule would be, but am guessing something like 1-2 nights a week of
riding, 5 miles per session, with one easy 15-20 mile ride one day of the
weekend except for an occasional slow "race."


Mike

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