ridecamp@endurance.net: 100 miles (second part)

100 miles (second part)

Becky Huffman (hhcc1@htcomp.net)
Sat, 10 May 1997 02:08:24 -0500

Please dont misunderstand my last post/story.
My first 100 was the hardest thing I've done, they get easier.
Fi is a very fast horse, and the 50's were lots of fun, but I wanted more
challenge.
100 miles is definitely a challenge.

I ride endurance because I love to ride.
I love horses and the great outdoors.
The hard pounding gallop with the wind making your eyes tear,
working, pushing, dodging trees, jumping creeks..... other horses behind,
trying to keep up, trying to pass, sometimes passing, then you must pass
them again. The wide open spaces where you can really Fly (I Believe We
Can Fly - So do Fi and Shadow).
Flying just for fun.

The Solitude.
Timeless trees, birds in the spring, soft snow sparking.
Beauty, shared by a someone close, someone you can spend 20 hours with.
The deep dark and piercing moonlight.
The hard, harsh natural beauty of Mother Earth.
Hardship shared and defeated.

How can you ride by yourself?
When you ride, you are with your horse, that makes two of you.
(One more than is needed for a conversation!)

Becky
Semper Fi & ShadowFax
The Finest Endurance Arabians
hhcc1@htcomp.net

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