Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Team 54 - Rolling Thunder *

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My name is Natalie Herman and I live in McKinleyville, California and this is my second year entering the Derby. I had a great time last year, though with a number of personal and horse issues, ended up far below my normal riding mileage. Still, I did ride when I could, and I ended the year with teaching my mare to drive as well! So that should be a fun way to add miles as well this time around.
My teammate is my 8yr old Quarmorab (father Arab, mother Morgan/QH) mare, Ewoyn's Thunder. I own her mother and specifically bred Eow to be my endurance partner and hopeful Tevis and multi-day horse.  Her mom, Hoanna, is a smooth, calm and fun little mare to ride.  She is excelling in Trail Trials right now, on lease to a horse crazy teenager and giving lessons to young kids and doing the occasional pony party. Her father was the highest mileage AERC stallion and Hall of Fame horse, DR Thunder Bask, that I chose for his mileage record. I hope Eow will have as many miles in her, as he did! My main goal with her is to have a Decade Horse (10 years of riding, during which the same horse/rider team have at least one 50 mile or longer AERC ride under their belts each year), as well as miles and years of fun, not to win any races.We also dabble in learning classical dressage and now driving.

I am a natural hoofcare provider on the coast of far northern California (no, San Francisco is not really northern CA...we are another 6 hours north of that! LOL) and am always endeavoring to learn as much as I can about whole horse healthcare.  I recently began learning equine bodywork and it has made my mare's life, and my clients', much happier!
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2013 / 1030.40 Miles / 10th Place

50 comments:

  1. First two days of 2014 are beautiful so far. Not riding far, but at least getting out and having fun :)
    1/1: 7.2 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/281603449
    1/2: 3.7 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/281952870
    YTD: 10.9 miles

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  2. 1/5: 1.3 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/283063127
    1/6: 4.3 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/283404633
    YTD: 16.5 miles

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  3. 1/8: 8.3 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/284216456
    YTD: 24.8 miles

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  4. 1/10: 7.4 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/284870326
    1/12: 9.1 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/285724964
    YTD 41.3 miles

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  5. 1/13: 8.3 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/286089706
    1/14: 12.2 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/286458814
    YTD: 61.8 miles

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  6. 11/16: 11.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/287211677
    GPS was not cooperating and had to restart it (had recorded only 1.2 miles in 2 hrs...ummm no! LOL). Rode an out-and-back, so restarted at the furthest out...just had to double the miles. Fun day with all gals (including the horses!) enjoying the warm, NorCal winter's day :)
    YTD: 73.6 miles

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  7. 11/18: 4.2 miles driving. http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/287865429
    Ignore the time/speed as I forgot to turn on the GPS today, so had to drive the route in my truck again with GPS on to get the miles. I also set my odometer out of curiosity, and it got about .3 miles more on it than the gps, but was not to far mismatched.
    YTD: 77.8 miles

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  8. 11/19: 20.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/150936901 gps didn't work, but had previously gpsed this loop a few times.

    11/20: 4.0 miles riding (arena work adds up! Rode for about two hours (much of that at a walk, trying to get over all the scarey stuff..was a new to us arena and OH so scarey!) http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/287865429

    YTD: 102.6

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  9. 1/23: 6.5miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/289598376
    YTD: 109.1 miles

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  10. Ok, here is my lineup from the Eastern Mojave trip.
    2/5: 2.9 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/293869088
    2/6: 8.3 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/294112455
    2/7: 26.7 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/294354474
    2/8: 1.6 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/294803230
    2/9: 39.2 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/295079172
    Week total: 78.7 miles
    YTD: 187.8

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  11. 2/13: 6.2 miles riding. http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/296524623
    2/16: 8.8 miles driving. http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/297639063
    YTD: 202.8

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  12. 2/18: 3.3 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/298440700
    2/19: 9.3 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/274878219 (gps kept failing to get a signal, but it was one of my routine loops at the park)
    2/23: 12.9 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/300344940
    YTD: 228.3 miles

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  13. 2/24: arena riding 4.1 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/300831256/
    2/26: 5.7 miles (about....forgot to turn off the GPs and it tracked my drive home too..but you can see on the tracks where the start/finish is and each mile is counted as well). http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/301996827/
    YTD: 238.1 miles

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  14. 3/11: 9.8 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/307157936
    3/14: 5.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/308575836
    3/16: 24.3 miles riding (GPS phone died but I have official park maps and checked the rest of the way back on the map) http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/309443020
    YTD: 278.0 miles

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  15. 3/17: 6.2 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/309884962
    3/20: 6.5 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/311245860
    3/21: 27 miles riding. GPS cut in and out on the way home, but did an
    out-and-back. It was 13.52 miles to the 'out', same miles back.
    http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/311646430
    YTD: 317.7 miles

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  16. 3/24: 5.6 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/313117295
    3/30: 18.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/315950873
    YTD: 342.1 miles

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  17. 4/4: 7 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/318418894
    4/5: 16.2 miles riding (out and back on same trail, forgot to unpause the GPS after lunch. So miles are double of what the map says). http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/318919370
    4/6: 10.8miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/319515446
    YTD: 376.1 miles

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  18. 4/15: 8.6 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/324058430
    4/20:8.7 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/326602524
    YTD: 393.4

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  19. 4/27: 9.1 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/330555715
    5/1: 12.3 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/332741198
    5/3: 10.8 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/333743191
    5/4: 6.4 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/334254959
    YTD: 432 miles

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  20. Congratson getting over 400 miles :-)

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  21. 5/6: 7.3 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/335618818
    5/8: 6.2miles riding (same as 5/11 but forgot my GPS..may have been a mile-ish more, but will just go with what I have for 5/11
    5/11: 6.2 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/338264051
    YTD: 451.7

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  22. 5/15: 8.9 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/340351996
    YTD: 560.6 miles

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  23. 5/18: 7.1 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/342065533 Rode a friend's horse while visiting her, not sure if that counts to miles?
    5/20: 2.6 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/343341119
    5/21: 4.9 miles driving (no tracks, but went out and did the same route the next day and tracked it).
    5/22: 4.9 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/344538958
    5/26: 5.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/346720738
    YTD: 485.9 miles

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  24. 5/27: 8.9 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/347413896/
    5/29: 11.8 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/348333734
    5/30: 3.7 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/348983062
    YTD: 510.3 miles

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  25. congrats on getting over 500 miles :-)

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  26. 6/5:7.7 miles http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/352476032 looks like the GPS cut out around camp...supposed to be closer to 9 miles, but will go with the GPS.
    6/9: 7.7 miles same as above route, signal not so hot, so left gps app off.
    6/11: 10.1 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/355853683
    YTD: 535.8 miles

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  27. 6/12: 4.4 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/356497815
    6/13: 4.4 miles same route as above
    6/15: 30 miles. Tried to get GPS to work, but the phone was not getting much of a signal. This was on the endurance ride and sanctioned as a 30 and pretty darned close.
    YTD: 574.6 miles

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  28. 6/18: 8.57 miles driving http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/359457752
    6/19: 5.14 miles riding http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/360017065
    YTD: 588.3 miles

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  29. woops, forgot last week's riding. One of the days will be 8 days not 7 past, but oh well.
    6/25: 10.3 miles https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/362971200
    6/29: 12.7 miles (on friend's gps...mine I forgot to turn on til almost 2/3 of the way through)
    6/30: 11.2 miles https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/365529609
    7/3: 14.7miles https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/367158014
    YTD: 637.2

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  30. 7/5: 4.8 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/368194026
    7/6: 11 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/368771828
    YTD: 653 miles

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  31. 7/15: 5.2 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/373482818
    7/17: 8 miles driving https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/374746712
    7/18: 14.9 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/375321786
    7/20: 9.1 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/376432015
    YTD: 690.2 miles

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  32. 8/7: 15.3 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/387041645
    YTD: 705.5 miles

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  33. Congrats on getting over 700 miles :-)

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  34. 8/12: 14.5 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/389885111 gotta love GPS...this is the third time I have done this same loop,o n the same horse, the same direction, etc... but have gotten 14.9, 15.3, and now 14.5 miles... sigh... realistically, it is close to 18 miles, but lots of canyon switchbacks and tree cover galore, so GPS is kinda worthless...lol...
    8/13:7.4 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/390556742
    8/14: 14.1 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/391144576 the phone died, but this is the map for the 'out' trail, then same thing going 'back'..so double what it shows.
    YTD: 741.5 miles

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  35. 8/19: 7.3 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/394033507
    8/20: 15.2 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/394591147
    8/22: 14.6 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/395760251
    8/24 17.7 miles riding http://connect.garmin.com/page/activity/activity.faces?activityId=573262232&actionMethod=page%2Factivity%2Factivity.xhtml%3AuserSwitcher.switchSystem&cid=3326064
    YTD: 796.3 miles

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  36. 8/26: 7.4 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/395760251 (same trail as this track, battery on phone was dead)
    8/27: 8.2 miles riding. on friend's gps, forgot to get the upload.
    9/3: 19.9 miles riding. marking trail for an e-ride, mileage from state park map.
    YTD: 831.8 miles

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  37. Congrats on getting over 800 miles :-)

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  38. LONG weekend! Rode a 50, then unmarked trail for two days. Pony is tired, but we got 'er done! Miles are according to the state park map.
    9/7: 48.5 miles
    9/8: 17.5 miles
    9/9: 8.1 miles
    YTD: 905.9 miles

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  39. Congrats on getting over 900 miles :-)

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  40. 9/13: 4.2 miles...forgot to turn off gps when I drove home, so ignore the last 2 miles past the parking lot, LOL.. https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/407880248
    9/14:13.6 miles http://connect.garmin.com/activity/590957835
    YTD: 923.7 miles

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  41. 9/16: 4.8 miles riding
    9/17: 8.2 miles riding
    9/20: 11.9 miles riding
    9/23: 12.3 miles riding
    YTD: 960.9 miles

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  42. 9/30: 12.4 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/416768373
    10/5: 4.5 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/419245464
    YtD: 977.8 miles

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  43. 10/7: 9.8 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/420201258
    10/10: 11 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/422727791
    10/11: 9.2 miles riding
    10/12: 14.7 miles riding
    10/14: 13.6 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/424470098
    YTD: 1036.1 miles

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  44. Congrats on getting over 1000 miles!!!

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  45. 10/19: 5.9 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/426791546
    10/21: 5.4 mile riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/427605928
    YTD: 1047.4

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  46. 10/26:12.6 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/429768333
    10/28:10.1 miles riding https://www.endomondo.com/workouts/430537323
    11/2: 7.7 miles riding
    YTD: 1077.4 miles

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  47. had a couple rides I forgot to list the last two weeks. But too late now, LOL. Here are the last 7 days.
    11/18: 7.2 miles riding
    11/21: 6.9 miles riding
    11/23: 6.3 miles ride one, 5.8 miles ride two
    YTD: 1103.6 miles

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  48. Congrats on getting over 1100 miles :-)

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