Think I'll at least do sustained trots in  the  ring.   I need to get my muscles trained. Rascal has no problem trotting rocks and ruts or up or downhill. He just wants to go.I try to remind him I am in charge ,:[  I tell   him  either he is an idiot or I am too protective.He unfortunenatly does not read ridecamp or or endurance training books.  Laurie and Rascal      ----- Original Message -----  From: Rebecca Hackworth  Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 6:47 PM  To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  Subject: RE: [RC] Fw: Conditoning .. all hills    You just may have to "train" at rides.  I go to the High Desert rides in So Cal just for that reason.  I have nowhere else I can trot for 10 miles without stopping.  The first year, you trot some, walk some. The next year you trot more, walk less.  Maybe the third year you only trot (except for the rocks, that is.)  
  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.
  Anyone else out there ( this sure beats any of the HOT TOPICS )
  Becky Hackworth 
 
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