Tag: endurance riding
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There are days when I’m on top of everything, I have a good handle on the life stuff. Work out, eat mostly ok, get the…
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Before every big trip or event, I try to carve out some quiet space to tinker with something and visualize the path ahead. Usually this…
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Way back when the nights were still frosty, I hauled Tarma solo up to Tacoma and we more or less calmly puttered through a 15…
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Despite diesel prices refusing to drop below $6 per gallon, I managed to sneak in two trips over the past few weeks. I ate Lunchables,…
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For years I’ve had to endure various endurance friend’s descriptions and stories of the mystical Bandit Springs ride, in the Ochoco Mountains outside Prineville. It’s…
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In the series of books I’m named for (The God Stalker Chronicles, by PC Hodgell), a major plot point is something called “the soulscape”. This…
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My first foray back into endurance riding is this upcoming weekend, at Battle of the Flatlands, and we’re more or less ready. I still have…
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Not every ride will be scenic and beautiful and easy. Not every ride will have excitement or breakthroughs or wonderful rights. Some rides you just…
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I took a chance on the weather again and won, again. I’ve noticed that Tarma is much more agreeable if she’s had some turnout before…
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When the sun shines, we ride…after working nine hour days so I could skip out early today. I loaded up kid, dog, and mare and…
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