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    Re: [RC] Fw: Conditoning .. all hills - Sundaez


    In a message dated 06/22/2002 3:49:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
    bechack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
    
    > I seriously find that I am the weakest link, not the horse.  I need
    >  to walk, if only for a minute, than the horses do.  I find that the
    >  single track forest trails actually easier on me than the flat rides.
    >  I get far more fatigued on flat, trot only type rides.  Where the
    >  trail makes you walk, if only for a few steps lets some muscle groups
    >  relax for a few.  Then off we go again.
    >  
    
    THis is my advantage riding an Icelandic....I can switch back and forth from 
    trot to tolt...both are the same speeds and the HR is the same for both. The 
    trot just gets to me after a while...switching to tolt gives me a brief rest.
    
    Melanie Snowhite
    Poway, CA.
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