Endurance and The Fine Art of Rest

Reprinted from Endurance News, March 2007, monthly publication of the American Endurance Ride Conference, www.aerc.org, 866-271-2372 Most distance riders spend a significant chunk of time and energy thinking about our conditioning schedule. In fact, some of us chart...

Gator Run III (1/08/07)

In retrospect with the truck breaking down and all, Saturday’s 50 was the most wonderful, peaceful day of my whole trip. I told Mary I’d take Ned out on my own since she’d found a nice partner to ride with (Sue from SE) and I didn’t want to screw up the pair by being...

Gator Run/2007 (1/04/07)

Gator Run I 55 Miles 1/4/07 We made it. It got pea-soup oppressive overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. I mean icky. It was 69 degrees as we tacked up and foggy and miserable at the 7:30 a.m. start. The first loop was 17.5 miles and we started out after the pack of...

Welcome to the 2007 Endurance Season!

The AERC ride season begins in December so I guess it is actually 2007 in my sport, so here goes … I am making lists and lists of things to take and pack and learn before my maiden solo voyage with the LQ horse trailer. (Please God, do not let me hit anything with the...

Make Ride Parking A Pleasure, Not A Pain

Reprinted from Endurance News, August 2006, Ride Managers’ Column, monthly publication of the American Endurance Ride Conference, www.aerc.org, 866-271-2372   Ask most ride managers how they feel about parking at their ride camp, and at a minimum...