Day 9-11

Day 9 Saturday January 11^th, 2014

In our lesson today Jaime helped us with our changes, that got him pretty supple and light from the start. Also worked on pirouettes, I need to prepare him A LOT more for them to come out smooth but overall they were good. Definitely realized the need of good half halts during this ride, we are going to start working on them with a TON of transitions.  I have to start riding each change like there is one coming right after it, it might sound simple but man is it hard!

Our workout today was all about the legs! You know it’s been a good workout when you can feel the burn all day long.
The afternoon lecture was with Elisabeth Williams who is an FEI Technical Delegate (TD). A TD is there to help the rider and make sure everything goes smoothly and ethically in the warm up. Their code is: Help – Prevent – Intervene.

Day 10 Sunday January 12^th 2014

Worked mostly on my own today, on changes and pirouettes while Lendon was watching (I sound like a broken record don’t I? Sorry!). Overall it was a great ride; I was able to use my back more with a quicker response so that was exciting!

In the afternoon we went to a local Pilates studio. The stretching and exercises felt amazing but left me a little sore later on in the day!
No lecture today L

Day 11 Monday January 13^th 2014

Ready for a REALLY short day entry? It must be Monday!
I worked most of the day, did some homework in the afternoon and after work in the PM did more homework with Grace!

Big blog post tomorrow night!!