Counting down the days and doing a very bad job of “tapering”… So no riding to report. So instead I present for you a random grab bag of thoughts: On drinking: (Horse not human!) from http://www.fundersgoodidea.com/ on horse hydration over 50 or 100 miles: 30 swallows equals a gallon, and horses lose something like 2 1/2 gallons […]

A throw away comment on a Facebook feed got me thinking about this. So I went online and found the following definition: “Impostor syndrome can be defined as a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist even in face of information that indicates that the opposite is true. It is experienced internally as chronic self-doubt, and feelings of […]

3 weeks to go, 3 weeks to go… Here is Joe the week after our last pre-Quilty 80km. He did 2 80km rides in 2 weeks (both quite slow and steady). Doesn’t look too bad …   In fact after a 3 week “taper” and some spring grass, he just might be the fattest horse […]

There seems to be something about rides we “must” do that attracts near record rainfall… I’ll admit it: in many cases, if there’s heavy rain forecast, I’ll happily forfeit my 20 dollar deposit and stay home. I don’t get to a lot of rides in a season but that’s not because I CAN’T, more because […]