Re: endurance medicine

Linda VanCeylon (LVanCeylon@vines.ColoState.EDU)
Fri, 13 Dec 96 13:42:56 MST

In generality, i believe it is possible, Tom. For instance, lets say I
condition my horse to the point where I know she can complete a 50-mile
ride on easy terrain in 5 hours. However, I choose to ride her at 6.25 mph
instead of the 10 mph she can do, so I finish in 8 hours. When I do this,
(and I HAVE done it), she is just as full of energy at 50 miles as she was
when we started, she has no filling or heat in her legs that night, she
gets all A's at the Vet checks and the finish, and we are ready to go do
another 50 the next day. Essentially, I started and finished with a fresh
horse because I did not push her to her maximum effort, but let her take a
"walk in the park". Now, I have a fresh horse for the second day, that I
don't have to baby through those next 50 miles or I might choose to just go
home and call it a great conditioning ride.

If you want to look at this under a microscope, maybe it is not ABSOLUTELY
true. However, for the purpose of my situation, I must evaluate the
indicators that are overt not covert. This is where the horsemanship
aspects of the sport come into play. Many riders use these types of
strategies. Horses ridden this way at event, tend to get a huge rebound
effect about 3-weeks afterward. Is a means of trying to train for a peak
performance or a series of peaks.

Linda Van Ceylon
lvanceylon@vines.colostate.edu
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Original Text
>From ridecamp@endurance.net, on 12/13/96 12:04 PM:
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>

In a message dated 96-12-13 11:39:32 EST, you write:

<< However, let me assure you that many endurance riders condition their
horses and ride at a pace where the "last 10 miles of a 50 or the last 30
miles of a 100" are just as much "fun" for the horse as the first mile.
This, to me, is the whole point of endurance riding. This is why we don't
want big $ prizes in the sport.


Linda >>

Linda, I don't think this is physiologically possible.

ti