Re: weight challenge

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Naw,

Neither place is worth it's salt as a real test.  Come down to FL in
April and I will mark a 100 mile trial in the hock deep sugar sand of
the Ocala National Forest.  Now that would be a true test of man and
beast.  

Mountains are one thing but try 100 miles of hock deep sugar sand is
another.  And because it is flat you don't have any down hills to coast
on.  It is a true gut it out 100 miles. And you don't have to worry
about someone getting off an running having an advantage because you
can'r run int this stuff.  

Of coure it is not as hot so you won't swelter, but it can be just as
humid, you come to the Far Out Forest in Feb and try it out.  I know
Jerry is coming.  any other takers.

Truman

K S Swigart wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Jerry Fruth wrote:
> 
> > KAT. Getting older has its downfall.  I,ve managed over the past 2 years t
> > o add 10#, so I,m now up to 233 # so I guess you would have to add
> > something like 70 #?  Then hwere do you want to have at it?   Indiana is
> > our home base, and would really like to try this in Tenn, or Virginia.
> > Lots of hills, with the steam to match.
> 
> No, I am not going to go and swelter in Tennessee or Virginia.  I don't
> have the horse conditioned for those kind of conditions, and I am not
> stupid enough to think that I do.  Additionally, I don't have the time or
> the money to go there. And since you were the one who issued the
> challenge, _I_ am the one who gets to pick where it is. If you want to do
> this, you will have to come to me.
> 
> How about, May of next year at the Californios 100?  Assuming that they
> are still having it (I heard that they are applying to have it be the PS
> championship next year, so there might even have a reason to come that
> far), and that we both have horses that are conditioned and ready for the
> event.  Alot can happen between now and May.
> 
> And I will try to figure out what I can do to get my weight up to 223.
> Those extra ten pounds that you have put on in the last 2 years are your
> problem.  If you put them on, you ought to be able to take them off (I am
> assuming that you are a full grown adult).  And I get to put the weight on
> ME if I want to.  None of this bullshit about not trusting me to carry it
> for the whole ride, sealing it on my body with duct tape, or being allowed
> to use the weight during the ride.  You can use your body weight.
> 
> I am not going to ask that you use a lighter saddle (like none at all) and
> take less with you.  Since I consider that to be equally as unfair as
> asking a lighter rider to use a heavier saddle and take more with them.
> 
> All heavyweight riders, could, of course, lighten their horse's load by
> using one of those little 2# jockey saddles, wearing lightweight clothing
> and boots, and stripping down to their skivvies....but heavy weights
> understand the principle that lighter ain't necessarily better, even if
> they won't admit it :)
> 
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.

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Truman Prevatt
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