While being pregnant I had time working on my
strategy towards riding The Tevis in 2014. In the beginning of my pregnancy I
rode part of the trails on my horse Trigger.
Later on I have been reading books and blogs
about people who successfully completed The Tevis and compared their
strategies. It´s been very interesting, inspiring and helped me keep my spirits
up while I haven´t been able to ride for a couple of months.
During this time I´ve spent a lot of my
energy searching for and looking at Icelandic Horses suitable for endurance
riding. Eventually I found a horse I believe in. I still have to pick him up,
it´s the first thing on my list after the birth of our Baby Girl. I´m looking
forward of getting to know him. I made a mind map for a training schedule, with
goals and approximated times for reaching them. Everything will depend on the
horse but I´m certainly going to do my part. I can´t wait to start! I´m very
excited!
I´m thinking that I would like to either crew
for someone next year or work as a volunteer as a part of my own preparations,
to get a better feel of what The Tevis is really like.
This summer have been full of exciting
endurance events in our neighborhood and I´m really looking forward to next
summer when I can participate in some of them. Gold Country is the place to
live in if you love horses, nature and wild life!
One of the most useful books I´ve read as
part of my preparation is Tevis from the
back of my horse, by Sharma Lynn Gaponoff. I´ve read it twice and wrote
about it in an earlier blog post.
I also read Return to the river - a young woman´s long ride home, by Diane “Running
Deer” Ripley.
Right now I am reading It has nothing to do with age – stories of driven athletes who compete
in extraordinary sports, by Frank Lieberman. I was a little bit concerned
when my husband gave it to me the other day because it´s about growing old and
still undertake grueling athletic endeavors. (I´m not a big fan of thinking
about growing old. I take actions for a pleasant old age like nurturing love
and friendships, staying true to my passions, living healthy etc. that being
said I don´t like thinking about getting old while I still feel on top of my
world. I love living every day right
now.) The author begins his journey with horses at a mature age and finds new
purposes with his life through them. I barely read half of it yet but he just
made it his goal to ride The Tevis, it´s getting more and more interesting. His
positive spirits and thoughts are very inspiring. I can highly recommend it.
These are two of the blogs that I follow and
they are also a great source of inspiration:
The books and the blogs are all written by
positive athletes with a deep love for their horses. The places they write
about are right here, I can easily try the trails and the events they write
about. Just the thought of that possibility is very inspiring itself.
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| Beautiful scenary along the Tevis Trail |
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| Trigger and me earlier this year |
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| American River |
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| Wild life along The Tevis Trail |
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