internal clock (fresh can of worms anyone?)

[Nikki Reynolds <jakar@phonewave.net>]

After reading the posts about conditioning for actual ride conditions, it 
occurred to me that we may be missing an important point.  I wonder what 
effect training in the evenings for rides that typically start in the early 
mornings has on all of us, horses and riders alike?  As a regular daily 
runner who competes a few times a year, I can definitely tell you that 
there's a difference in the way I perform at different times of the day! 
 I'm a fire-breathing world-beater at dawn, but back to being at 
41-year-old woman again by the afternoon:)  My teenaged son is the 
opposite.  (Luckily his crosscountry events normally start around 3:30 in 
the afternoon.)
It may be a good idea to select prospects who are "morning people" or 
condition in the mornings to gradually change our internal clocks?
Nikki  


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=