Oh man, I can't believe I haven't posted anything in here since July. Bad, bad me.
Riding:
Some big news here-finally took Arwen to her first show! It was just a little local B show that I trailered into for two days with a barnmate. First day started in the 2'3", then did 2'5" and 2'7". We uh...definitely did NOT take the classes by storm, but we put in presentable rounds. It definitely got better as we went on, and my last round was the best of the day. I was just having issues with having so much space! The arena that we were in at the show is so much bigger than the one at home. Next day I asked Trainer if I could bump it up to 2'9", because the 2'7" seemed so...tiny (I know, never thought those words would come out of my mouth). They did though, especially when you're starting low and they only raise them a hole at a time. So the second day we started at the 2'7", and then did 2'9". Didn't go as wonderfully as the first day, but it was still fine. Had a refusal in the 2'7" so we got buzzed out (it was a 7 stride line, we had a fine distance, but I was asking Arwen to fit in the 8 since we had a bad in, and I forgot my leg. So she stopped). Then in the 2'9" we had two rails down, so got buzzed out again. Eh. I was just happy that I got to show her finally, and that it wasn't a disaster. She was being SUCH a good girl too, wasn't even phased by being trailered in and out, did great in the warmup ring and TOTALLY took care of me. I was very happy with her. Prior to the show she had been pretty excellent in most lessons (with some crummy ones thrown in here and there), we had been consistently jumping up to around 3' and doing lots of roll backs. The day before the show, actually, trainer had upped quite a few of the jumps which in hindsight I was really grateful for because it made the show jumps look puny. Now I can see why they say you should be schooling 3' to show at 2'6", and 3'6" to show at 3'.
Lessons since then have been hit or miss. A couple weekends ago I came off her when she pulled one of her old tricks, which is drag me down the line, bulge to one side, and then stop. This was the first time in a couple months, so I was a bit bummed. We started wondering if maybe it was time for hocks (it had been a year, according to my past blog posts) so when the vet came out he looked at her. She wasn't lame, but she definitely flexed positive. So it was time. We injected her, gave her a week off, and I just started riding her last week. Started out a little shakey (I was riding very tentatively, I think it was a combination of not wanting to hurt her and having residual fear that I would go flying) but by the end of the week it was great. Arwen is pretty good at letting us know when she is feeling discomfort. I think the only times that she has been REALLY bad have been times when sometime is wrong, and its usually injections. We've been able to postpone doing them for awhile because of the electroaccuscope treatments she's been getting, but they're still a necessary evil to keep her comfortable.
Fitness:
Kind of a fitness fail lately. Was going 3x a week pretty consistently, then had a lazy week, then got sick, then we went to Maui for half a week. So, the entire month of August was basically fitness free. Its ok, I'm back at it now, but its scary how easy it is to get out of the habit, especially since I was still riding. Riding makes me feel like I'm doing something, and therefore do not need to work out (WRONG)
Life:
Like mentioned, we went to Maui for three days and it was awesome. It was my first time back there since I was a kid (and totally did NOT appreciate it). I remembered pretty much nothing about it, lol. We basically just spent a lot of time snorkeling, eating and drinking. It was a little trip for my 30th bday, so much appreciated!
Will try and update on here more, especially with WOD's.
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