Endurance Introspection
"To Finish Is To Win"About the Site
Authored by Patti Carey (formerly Patti Stedman), Endurance Introspection is a website for endurance riders, aspiring endurance riders and other sport horse enthusiasts interested in the cross-training aspect of endurance conditioning and training for horses. Patti’s vision for the website is to provide a place for endurance riding enthusiasts interested in the philosophies, training, conditioning strategies and life lessons learned during the act of enduring.
Patti is an AERC (American Endurance Ride Conference) endurance competitor/Ride Manager/former BoD member who truly embraces the sport’s motto of “To Finish Is To Win”.
About Patti
Patti was raised in rural Western New York. She started riding at the age of seven and eventually showing in various disciplines, until she discovered dressage (the art of riding and training a horse in a manner that develops obedience, flexibility, and balance.) in her late teens. She attended Cornell University and received her BS in Animal Science.
While she taught and trained professionally for a few years, it became apparent that a career outside of horses allowed more financial security (and that wackily practical health insurance), so her love of teaching took her in the direction of occupational safety and environmental compliance. She owns two successful businesses, one providing live training and consulting, and the other providing web-based safety training.
Patti began to compete in endurance rides in the mid 1990s. A couple of decades and a few thousand miles of competition later, she has acted as a Ride Manager for the Allegany Shut Up and Ride and was formerly a member of the AERC Board of Directors, Ride Managers’ Committee, and Education Committee. She developed materials for and insurance coverage for AERC Endurance 101 Clinics and has taught dozens of clinics, and encourages others to do the same to give riders new to our sport the skills needed to succeed and a sense of community with other local endurance riders and mentors.
Her passion for sharing her sport led her to creating a web-based course for new and aspiring endurance riders, Endurance Essentials, which can be found at horselearningonline.com
Patti loves combining the disciplines of endurance and dressage, and observing and writing about the inside world of endurance riding competition. Patti currently lives in rural South Carolina, with her horses, dogs, cats and various vermin.
Header photo by Carien Schippers @imagequine
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Make Ride Parking A Pleasure, Not A Pain
RIDE MANAGERS' FORUM Make ride parking a pleasure, not a pain By Patti Stedman Ask most ride managers how they feel about parking at their ride camp, and at a minimum you're likely to get an eye roll, a head shake accompanied by a heavy sigh, perhaps a curse. In fact,...
Life Lessons From an Opinionated Decade Team Horse
Reprinted from Endurance News, October 2013, Ride Managers’ Column, monthly publication of the American Endurance Ride Conference, www.aerc.org, 866-271-2372 “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear … “ (Buddhist Proverb) “If you keep feeding him, and...
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Inspirations Slow Fat Triathlete Suppliers of Endurance Riding Tack and Equipment Cadence Farm Running Bear Farm Information and Resources About Endurance Riding American Endurance Riding Conference (AERC) Eastern Competitive Trail Riding Association (ECTRA)...
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Information and Resources About Endurance Riding American Endurance Riding Conference (AERC) Eastern Competitive Trail Riding Association (ECTRA) EnduranceNet (including the incredibly valuable Ridecamp email list)
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Information and Resources About Endurance Riding American Endurance Riding Conference (AERC) Eastern Competitive Trail Riding Association (ECTRA) EnduranceNet(including the incredibly valuable Ridecamp email list)
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Information and Resources About Endurance Riding American Endurance Riding Conference (AERC) Eastern Competitive Trail Riding Association (ECTRA) EnduranceNet(including the incredibly valuable Ridecamp email list)
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