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--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] LD, 50, 100 To: "Dawn Carrie" <rdcarrie@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>, sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 10:14 AM
I think it has something to do with being adrenalin junkies.
Truman
Dawn Carrie wrote:
> <<I have also never felt like stopping
> in the middle of a 100. I have no idea why other than "A miracle
occurs
> when you enter". Just trust me. :-)>>
> Angie is right. I'm on a high when I'm doing a 100. It's a
special
> feeling...I'm doing The Big One. Another old saying..."it's
better to
> have tried and failed, than to never have tried at all." And
honestly,
> if you try a 100 and make it 70 or 80 miles and decide it's too much
> for your horse, you haven't failed, you've learned something about
> your horse and his level of conditioning...and you know what you need
> to work on for your next attempt! Or if you pull because your tack
> rubbed you raw at 80 miles, then again, you learned something...what
> works for a 50 ain't gonna work for a 100, so you fix it and try
> again. :) Patti Stedman said, the hardest part of a 100 is
> entering...she's right. Send in that entry, and the rest is
> easy...well, easier. :)
> Dawn Carrie
>
> On 6/24/08, *rides2far@xxxxxxxx <mailto:rides2far@xxxxxxxx>*
> <rides2far@xxxxxxxx <mailto:rides2far@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
> > I might be wrong, but I believe many riders think they or their
> > horses "may> not be ready" to do a 100,
>
> I understand. The thing is, you can pull yourself if you suddenly feel
> you've bit off more than you can chew. Honestly folks, what's
the old
> saying, "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved
at
> all"?
> :-) You can enter a 100 and if your horse isn't up to it, the vet,
or
> you, may say, "He simply feels tired and has done all he needs to
do
> today". Then you hand them your card and go back to your trailer.
> That is
> your safety net. You know you CAN do that if necessary. Chances
> are, you
> won't have to because your horse will look better and you will
feel
> better than you imagined.
>
> Now...I aim comments like this at people who spend years trying to get
> that horse ready for his first 100. NOT at someone with no fear or
> imagination who bought a horse they think is bred to do this last week
> and is dumb enough to enter one next week.
>
> I know I say this so much people get bored with it but here goes
> again. I
> have NEVER felt like doing another 50 after finishing a 50. I'm
> beat. I
> hurt. Ready to quit right after 50. I have also never felt like
> stopping
> in the middle of a 100. I have no idea why other than "A miracle
> occurs
> when you enter". Just trust me. :-)
>
> Angie McGhee
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