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Re: [RC] Readiness for a Ride - Marirose SixOK Dr. Q,Personally, I ride for a living, so I don't think I count for physical preperation. However, I strongly believe in taking good care of yourself during a ride (eating/drinking{H2O of course}). I've noticed that some folks don't do that & I've seen some of them pay for it. It's just so easy to forget about yourself when you are taking care of your horse/mule. Marirose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Weary DC" <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:26 PM Subject: [RC] Readiness for a Ride 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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