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And we’re walking…again. May 13, 2008

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I started to run with Sherene at the gym but two things stopped me:

  1. My neck still really hurts.
  2. I wore the wrong bra.  I dang near gave myself two black eyes.

So I walked on the Level 9 hill program on the treadmill and had a really nice long stretch.  And now, I shall seek out more Advil…

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Dang Neck May 13, 2008

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I slept on my neck wrong this Saturday while cuddling with my 4-year-old.  (For those of you with kids, you know the scene: Super cute child falls asleep on you while you’re in a position that becomes very uncomfortable.  Yet, you don’t dare move for fear of waking super cute child.  Your last thought as you doze off is, “This is gonna hurt when I wake up.”

This morning is definitely the worst. I can’t get my neck muscle to relax.  I can barely get my hair in a pony tail (I can’t look down) and my shoulders feel like they’re in my ears. I went for my morning walk with Kristi hoping it would help loosen things up some, but there really isn’t a noticeable difference.  I think I’ll try and go to the back-cracker, er I mean, Chiropractor today.  The heat I’ve been using on it doesn’t seem to help, except to ease the aching.

I think it’s also time to break out my good old friend Advil too.  Gotta love Advil.

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This is an EXPENSIVE hobby. May 12, 2008

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Instead of having a lesson today, I ended up heading to our local tack store with Sherene to purchase a new girth.  I ordered one last night through SmartPak Equine (a Collegiate contoured girth) but realized today that if I want to ride this week I need one now.  At the tack store, I found the Collegiate girth. Luckily I brought my saddle to try it out with.  That was a smart move — the Collegiate girth didn’t fit.  The billets were too big and didn’t slide through the roller buckles. Hmmm…

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I found and fell in love with a Schumacher countoured girth.  It’s soft, well-made, elastic, and EXPENSIVE:

I rationalized it by noting I hadn’t bought a new girth in 5 years. If I can get another 5 years out of this one, then it would be worth it.  I hope Tigger likes it.  :-)

Walkabout (or walk-in-place?) May 12, 2008

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Had my little walk with Kristi this morning. Did hill level 8 on the treadmill. I have been able to successfully avoid the eliptical-head-basher-thingies for a while now.

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Everything’s better with a whip… May 11, 2008

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It’s Mother’s Day, and I have to admit I’m not in a particularly motivated mood.  The weather is dreary, I’m a bit tired, and the idea of sitting in Starbucks with a hot cup of something delicious is rather appealing.

So, filled with a level of motivation that would put most ultra-athletes to shame (yeah right) I decided to lunge Tigger. That and the buckles on my girth don’t fit my billets on my new saddle.  I am NOT going bareback.  :-)

I kind of knew that Tigger had the same enthusiasm I had so I brought the lunge whip into play. Normally I don’t use a lunge whip with Tigs.  My voice and gently waving the coiled end of the line is enough to send him on.  Today I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and start without it, but it soon became obvious that he needed a little extra incentive.

What I like about my whip is it doesn’t crack.  I have a Fleck telescoping lunge whip.  It stores at a little over 3ft, and extends to 6ft with about a 7ft lash.  It has no popper, but the lash is white. So it offers a visual without anything horribly scary-sounding.  It’s a perfect whip for my princess-pansy-pony.  I honestly just had to hold the whip in order to get Tigger in the right mindset.  He was a good boy.  I’m noticiting that his gaits are really developing nicely.  He’s turning into a handsome boy.

So Mother’s Day was great.  I got a home-cooked breakfast AND dinner by my lovely husband, I got to spend some quality time with my pony, and I had an awesome afternoon with my friend Sherene at Starbucks.  A good hubby, a good friend, and a good pony. Can’t get much better than that.

Beth, I have missed thee… May 11, 2008

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Went for a run with Beth this morning. It’s been about two weeks since we’ve run together and we had a lot of catching up to do! My legs were a bit heavy — I realized that I haven’t taken many rest days.

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Thank goodness there’s a map! May 10, 2008

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I joined my EZ8 class for a trail run today. VERY nice footing with a hogsfuel base. You kind of “Tigger” down the trail (bounce-bounce-bounce).

For the first time ever I used the map on the ForeRunner. Turns out that we are all a bit directionally challenged. Our pace reflects a minute or two of “I don’t know, which way do you think we should go?”

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Working Out the Kinks May 9, 2008

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I’m beginning to enjoy these walks with Kristi in the morning, especially after a hard day like yesterday.  It really helps me get the stiffness from the day before out.  I did the hill program at level 7.

I am noticing some interesting “heat” in my right shin (I’m such a horse nerd, I wanted to say “cannon” at first).  It literally gets warm (even to the touch) just to the left of my shin bone about 3/4 of the way up.  I started some cold compresses and my “Just-Say-No-To-Shin-Splints” exercises.  We’ll see if it nips that one in the bud.  No tenderness, which is good.

It’s going to be gorgeous tomorrow– I hope I can get to the barn to torment the pony before the rain comes.

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