A Story of Addiction, Dysfunction, Codependency… and Horses
When I started to write the above yesterday, I thought it was going to read: Experience + [Something] = Confidence. I suppose there's more than one way to formulate an equation. Equating would not have been my strong suit, back in my schooldays. I am fairly certain that I am the maths version of illiterate, …
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I can feel the arch of my foot getting back to normal. Normal-ish. As I got up on Connell last night, I remembered how I couldn't get myself up there because of The Injury. I still get little twinges, little pulls that tell me that the network of tendons and ligaments and muscle, and whatever, …
Okay, the thing is, since the injury, which was last year, I have been falling off. Also okay, I'd like to blame it all on that, but sure, I can't. Not really. But let's say that the injury has loomed large in my mind, effecting the way I ride. Okay, that makes sense. Anyway: A …
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Sometimes you only get one, but one can be enough. Basically, Connell is of full of energy; some of it of the piss-and-vinegar variety, some of the woo hooooo let's play sort, and I'm okay with both. Mainly. When he takes of in a gallop because he wants to GET BACK TO THE END OF …
Oh, Tuesday. I had Rebel, we were outside, there was a massive puddle between E and C, and he had decided that it had my name on it. He was spooking at a teeny tiny one between C and M, and in open order, I kept going back over it, to get him to look …
BECAUSE IT FEELS BETTER The last few jumps on Thursday were over an oxer. I seek to use the correct terms, and I suppose an oxer is an oxer is an oxer, but this was, maybe, if I was pushing it, eighteen inches wide. [There had been some sort of crazy series of fences set …
Thing are much better in the jumping department. The thing is, I'm back to not thinking about it again. I'm convinced that I had been doing so badly for the previous six months because I had been thinking about it so much. But I suppose I had to think about it to be able to, …
Last Tuesday was great. Perfectly sunny, perfect blue sky, and we went up to the upper arena to jump. I had Amigo, and I think he likes it up there. I sure do. It's the perfect balance between being outside and being up in the mountains. I'm still a bit leery of the highest hill, …
The last jump of 2008 was rather eventful. After the antler removal, Rebel was going great, we were jumping really well, and as we came around again, I made a special point to really keep my leg, to sit lightly, and to try to get myself into position at the pole on the ground- Good …
I'm really getting this 'pushing with your seat' lark. I had Paul for my last private lesson of 2008, and when you have Paul, you just go until your whole body feels broken, much less your legs, in a good way of course. We did two fences, one at B and a straight at X, …
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