Re: RC: more on timing

["Frank Mechelhoff" <fmechelh@c-s-k.de>]

John & Sue Greenall wrote:

>  So what say you
> guys, would standing around for an hour, repeatedly, during
> stressful exercise cause metabolic confusion?
> John and Sue Greenall

Hi John & Sue,

for one or another (non-sporty) reason, I personally like long holds. As
taking breakfast and other stuff... But I remember single experiences,
when my horse and me became a little bit annoyed taking hold after hold
eyery two hours. For some reasons, we have a lot of holds in German
endurance rides, and to some extend I understand people - with fitter
horses than mine - who wants to get rid of their abundance. But holds on
a 40-miler should not designed on basis of a 100-miler-champion-horse.

I estimate, no ultramarathoner (human) will understand the "hold-concept"
of our equine discipline. An ultramarathoner, forced to 1 hour rest,
would have some problems to come along again... maybe this is one of the
few reasons where horses are really, and remarkable, different from
humans...

regards


Frank Mechelhoff
Schmitten, Germany
- & the Taunus mountain ponies (Ligeira and Nataja) -




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