Weekly Wrap, 2022 - Week 2

Well, boys and girls, here we are. Two weeks of 2022 are already in the books. How is your year going?

I feel like I've been super focused on a handful of different things. As usual this time of year (when it's too slick and muddy outside to do much with the horses), fitness gets a lot of attention. Here are my stats:

I didn't muster the attention to subtract out my warmups and cooldowns from my runs, so my paces are still skewed to the slow side. Maybe I should put a notepad on the treadmill to help me remember. My weekly mileage already nudged above 20, but I'm feeling great so I guess that's okay!

I need to go buy some trail running shoes. My plan is to slowly add mileage in the great outdoors to prepare for that trail 10K in March. The treadmill is great, but I know it's just not the same! I'll start with paved roads due to the weather and move to trails ASAP.

This is how my round corral (and just about everything else) looks right now.

Doing some outdoor running will let me engage more with the horses. I plan to take Bellalunaa and Ledger for in-hand walk-runs near the farm.

It's not much, in terms of training or conditioning, but there's something to be said for just spending time with them and getting all of us accustomed to regular lessons again.

​C'mon, ground, dry up already!

Speaking of ground: Exciting News!

Mr. Sweaty and I closed last month on 40 acres of land. It's an hour's drive northeast of our current farm, nearly adjacent to thousands of acres of public land. My little distance-riding heart is about to explode! We met with the builder last week to start on on designs.

​Here's a sneak preview: 

We're headed out there today to start figuring out where horse facilities and fence lines might go. Lots to do, gotta go!