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Amen Bruce!

Got to be able to help our horses! Now, I think I will go run the canyons..! 
..sure, I will...:)

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> From: Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Readiness for a Ride
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:26:28 -0700
>
>  In addition to knowing when a horse is ready for 50 or 100 miles, it 
> might be interesting to share what parameters many of you riders use that 
> indicate when you yourself are ready to attempt an endurance ride. Heat 
> tolerance, exercise tolerance, deydration tolerance, muscle tone, joint 
> stability in the knees and ankles, ability to hike or tail with the horse, 
> sleep deprivation----these are all factors that we must face out on the 
> trail, and they may not develop to the levels we need them simply by 
> conditioning our horses. Hal Hall has a great quote he uses to describe the 
> Tevis trail that essentially applies to the endurance trail in general: 
> "It's relentless in it's challenge, and unforgiving to the ill-prepared."  
> Anyone have any guidelines to share that work for them?   Dr Q
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