tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post1342724731894745267..comments2023-09-09T05:35:11.672-07:00Comments on Boots and Saddles: Sticker shockMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-13344394164758788772011-04-10T16:38:11.936-07:002011-04-10T16:38:11.936-07:00Quoting two of my favorite people from this past w...Quoting two of my favorite people from this past weekend (both amazing riders, internationally recognized fei riders) "You learn more from a pull than any completion". when they sat me down and told me this i went through every ride i have done in my head and though about what i learned, normally the ones i had finished didnt teach me a whole lot. You may not see the hours put in from each rider, but its the hours spent outside of competition that make a professional/expert endurance rider. The time spent learning from other experts, asking the questions and getting involved, getting a knowledge base from great mentors and not just blindly cruising through a ride and finishing, not learning anything or gaining anything. <br /><br />The riders who go to a ride thinking they will just see what happens and go with the flow of things, and they finish. they get credit for those miles, rightly so, but then how does that time competing contribute to them becoming a professional? You could walk your horse for the 50 miles and finish, not putting any stress on the horse and after enough rides people would start thinking of you as an expert rider... I think the experts are the people who can train horses to race and not push their horses over the line. To me, those are the experts...zach_rabowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570406541085600902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-46909336096245851962011-04-10T13:24:30.209-07:002011-04-10T13:24:30.209-07:00Hahaha, look what The Simple Dollar just posted!Hahaha, look what The Simple Dollar just <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/04/10/review-talent-is-overrated/" rel="nofollow">posted!</a>Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-49810940201361943112011-04-10T10:09:13.026-07:002011-04-10T10:09:13.026-07:00I don't really want to be a 10k hours expert o...I don't really want to be a 10k hours expert on anything. You sacrifice so much of your ability to learn other things! I'm much happier being a Renaissance Man. Except not a man. Stupid sexist phrases...<br /><br />I don't think most of the hours spent doing a ride count as practice. Sure, you're an expert on posting the trot* after 10k hours posting the trot, but endurance is so much more than posting. How many hours/ride do you spend applying and evaluating boots? Or dosing electrolytes and evaluating their effect? Or reinforcing good behavior at vet checks? I think that's why it takes so long to reach expert level at endurance - most of the hours aren't spent practicing anything, just riding.Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.com