Garmin Report Training Ride 3-28-10
Monday, June 7, 2010
York River State Park 6/6/10
Went to York River State Park yesterday afternoon to work with Jazz. It was HOT 
HOT HOT! 95 degrees....craziness. Jazz was a bit of a PITA (Pain In The Ass), but she still busted her butt. The flies were awful, she spent most of her time shaking her head or dropping it to rub, then eat grass, but the more she stopped the worse they got! Her feet are long right now, so she was already tripping a lot. The head shaking made it even worse, she took some pretty bad stumbles but was okay. We did just under 16 miles, and it took about 2.5 hours. Would have been a perfect day to sneak Jack, no one else was there!
I love, LOVE this park. You have to pay entry,
but it's totally worth it. The trails are beautifully maintained and there's some great views of the river. Nice grass everywhere for breaks. It's great for barefoot horses, and there's even some hill! A rarity for our area. All of the trails are actually out-and-back, so it's very easy to control your mileage. My only complaint is that there's no water out on trail. It would be great if they put a trough out there at one of the central trailheads, we could have really used it! There is a water spicket at the trailer parking area, though, so I definitely used that to wash Jazz off at the end of the day and offer her a drink. No hose, so if you would like to have more than a bucket dump definitely bring your own.
HOT HOT! 95 degrees....craziness. Jazz was a bit of a PITA (Pain In The Ass), but she still busted her butt. The flies were awful, she spent most of her time shaking her head or dropping it to rub, then eat grass, but the more she stopped the worse they got! Her feet are long right now, so she was already tripping a lot. The head shaking made it even worse, she took some pretty bad stumbles but was okay. We did just under 16 miles, and it took about 2.5 hours. Would have been a perfect day to sneak Jack, no one else was there!I love, LOVE this park. You have to pay entry,
but it's totally worth it. The trails are beautifully maintained and there's some great views of the river. Nice grass everywhere for breaks. It's great for barefoot horses, and there's even some hill! A rarity for our area. All of the trails are actually out-and-back, so it's very easy to control your mileage. My only complaint is that there's no water out on trail. It would be great if they put a trough out there at one of the central trailheads, we could have really used it! There is a water spicket at the trailer parking area, though, so I definitely used that to wash Jazz off at the end of the day and offer her a drink. No hose, so if you would like to have more than a bucket dump definitely bring your own.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Updates
Hey all, sorry it's been a while.
Not too many updates to report. Legs has gone home to Lisa, and from all reports is doing well. He's scheduled to do the Old Dominion 50 with Lisa's husband, Andy (I have a wedding that I'm in that weekend, so I can't do it). If he does well through that, the plan was still to do Virginia Highlands in August, then National Champs in October.
For now, I'm working with Joy's horses, Bad Boy and Winnie. Haven't gotten very far yet, they're not quite trail ready.
I'm also working with Jazz, owned by Kelly Lane. Kelly recently re-injured her knee, and would like me to get Jazz ready for a 50 in the fall. I took Jazz out to Newport News park last weekend and we did 17.5 miles. She was GREAT! She's known to be a bit of a spookster, but we had very few issues. Just the occassional sidestep. She flew right by bikers, strollers, hikers, boy scouts, ets. She has smooth gaits and a great attitude, and should be a blast to get ready. Planning on taking her to Beaverdam soon to ride with friends, and will get a converter for Kelly's Brenderup trailer so I can haul it (in case she doesn't like mine). Also, Kelly should be moving her to board at Joy's in a month or so, so I can work with all the horses in the same place. Awesome!
Well that's all for now. Will post GPS stuff when I get around to uploading it. Currently working two jobs, so just trying to stay sane for now.
Not too many updates to report. Legs has gone home to Lisa, and from all reports is doing well. He's scheduled to do the Old Dominion 50 with Lisa's husband, Andy (I have a wedding that I'm in that weekend, so I can't do it). If he does well through that, the plan was still to do Virginia Highlands in August, then National Champs in October.
For now, I'm working with Joy's horses, Bad Boy and Winnie. Haven't gotten very far yet, they're not quite trail ready.
I'm also working with Jazz, owned by Kelly Lane. Kelly recently re-injured her knee, and would like me to get Jazz ready for a 50 in the fall. I took Jazz out to Newport News park last weekend and we did 17.5 miles. She was GREAT! She's known to be a bit of a spookster, but we had very few issues. Just the occassional sidestep. She flew right by bikers, strollers, hikers, boy scouts, ets. She has smooth gaits and a great attitude, and should be a blast to get ready. Planning on taking her to Beaverdam soon to ride with friends, and will get a converter for Kelly's Brenderup trailer so I can haul it (in case she doesn't like mine). Also, Kelly should be moving her to board at Joy's in a month or so, so I can work with all the horses in the same place. Awesome!
Well that's all for now. Will post GPS stuff when I get around to uploading it. Currently working two jobs, so just trying to stay sane for now.
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