Ridecamp: Re: [RC] leasing and how many days a week do you ride for a25?

Quoted from Colleen Egleston's message:
>  over-worked my body by working out twice
> in one day or in some cases, hard workouts two days in a row.

You yourself have pointed out why the two days in a row thing hasn't worked 
for you.  You *over* worked.  When I talk about back-to-back conditioning, 
I'm not talking about maximal effort two days in a row, but instead 
sub-maximal work for two or more days in a row.  As I recall, horses will 
walk 20 miles per day on their own, given the space.  So if you put a rider 
on a decently conditioned horse and maintain an easy walk/trot pace for 2 
or 3 days in a row, why would this be overwork?  I've seen horses improve 
in conditioning too many times when taking them over multi-day trail rides 
to believe that this harms them if they were in good condition to begin 
with.  I've also seen horses that were in good physical condition develop 
tack problems with this kind of conditioning - something that needed 
discovering and might not have till ride day.  Multi-day conditioning can 
be a useful tool for endurance ride prep.
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