I love free stuff and I hope you do too!
I met Amber (yup, using her real name because it is all over the book!) at Biltmore while she was crewing for T in her 50. She had mentioned to me then that she had written a book and was really excited about it being picked up by a publisher. I had kept it on my radar and once I heard about the book launch I was eager to go. Saturday we drove over to a nearby horse park and I purchased two copies of her book - one for myself and one for this give away. What perfect timing!
The book is called For the Love of Horses and is about her journey with her first horse. She became an endurance junkie while on his back and learned many lessons about herself and life along the way. She has a deep Christian faith and ties each lesson she learned on the back of her gelding to a lesson about life and faith at the end of the chapter. I am about half way through the book and have enjoyed it.
At the launch were a number of her horse friends who play a role in the book. Each person signed a chapter that included a story about them. The winner of this give away gets their very own signed copy which is awesome not only for the freebie but because it helps to support my friend :)
GIVE AWAY RULES
Post a comment on this post stating your best guess for our ride time in the upcoming 50. Ride time is the official time which is generally posted a few days after the ride. I won't use my Garmin time because a) I'm pretty sure it will die before 12 hours is up and b) official times are just that....official.
The winner will be the closest time to our official time whether over or under.
You may list a time over the 12 hour limit, but that is quite mean ;)
You may also guess a pull and at what mile, but again... mean ;)
You may start posting whenever you want, but are only allowed one guess. Entries close Friday October 17th at midnight.
In the event that I don't even get to start - I will personally write each entry on a piece of paper and draw it out of my baseball hat while I drown my sorrow in free wine Thursday night.
In the event of a pull and nobody guessed a pull (again....mean but accepted :) - I will personally write each entry on a piece of paper and draw it out of my baseball hat hoping it is still legible from all my tears.
Once the official times are posted, I will inform everyone of the winner!
Hints
This is a 52 mile ride with a 12 hour time limit.
Look over at the left side bar for past distances and times for a guestimate on how we typically do.
Be honest in your guess - this is completely for fun and to support Amber's book so I don't care and won't be hurt by over times, long times or anything of the like. Just pick a time and see what happens!
This is our first 50 and I am a very conservative rider.
Ok....guess away!!!
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October 6, 2014
October 9, 2013
First Hunter Pace and Give Away!
If anyone has been paying any attention to the "plans" tab (or to this blog at all for that matter) you will see that I have my first ever hunter pace coming up this Sunday!!!! Baring any bad weather, sick baby, broken truck, broken horse, broken tack etc.....we are heading about an hour away to participate in our first event with the Dynamic Duo. I'm very excited.
In true Crabby Acres fashion, the BO over there (who hasn't left the farm property with the horses in literally 15 years) has decided that knowing we are going, she has to go too. Fine. The more the merrier and now that we are no longer a part of Crabby Acres, I don't have to feel like I need to ride with them. Or feel guilty when I leave hours before they do. But what got me was the fact that she specifically went out of her way to convince our babysitter who has only been out of the arena 1 time ever in her riding life that she just has to go to this one pace. Not any of the others around. This one specific pace. Which meant that we were out of a babysitter. And she knew that.
Much to my delight, and probably her dismay, our babysitter's mother who is equally as great has offered to drive up to the event behind us and watch W while we ride and then stick around for when her daughter gets there and rides. This is absolutely perfect for us because that means we get to be with W while we load everything up, drive and hang out before we hit the trails and then again as soon as we get back. It means loads more time with W and that makes me super happy :)
I have been wanting to do a give away since I started this blog as a nice reward for hanging in there with me. But I needed a reason to give something away. And I needed something to give away. Well, this pace gives me just the reason. Here is what I am thinking:
Unfortunately, I have no clue how far this one is going to be. It is anywhere from 6-12 miles. To help you out a little, I do know that they try to make them around the 2 hour mark. The only other one that actually went off this fall was at Biltmore. The winning Hunter division came in at 1:30 with the last one to finish at 2:30. The Trail division was an hour longer - about 2:30 for the winner and 3:30 for the last people to finish before getting a big DNF (did not finish). I think we are planning to do the hunter division. In reality, I believe we are too fast for trail, but a little slow for hunter. We will see :)
What do you win?? A book! Ten Feet Tall, Still by Julie Suhr I actually have not read it yet, but I have heard that it is a great book, not only for those who ride, but for anyone who has a dream they are chasing. It is on my "To Read" list and so I figured I would send off a copy to the winner.
So...please participate! I will feel like a complete loser if I don't get any guesses at all.
In true Crabby Acres fashion, the BO over there (who hasn't left the farm property with the horses in literally 15 years) has decided that knowing we are going, she has to go too. Fine. The more the merrier and now that we are no longer a part of Crabby Acres, I don't have to feel like I need to ride with them. Or feel guilty when I leave hours before they do. But what got me was the fact that she specifically went out of her way to convince our babysitter who has only been out of the arena 1 time ever in her riding life that she just has to go to this one pace. Not any of the others around. This one specific pace. Which meant that we were out of a babysitter. And she knew that.
Much to my delight, and probably her dismay, our babysitter's mother who is equally as great has offered to drive up to the event behind us and watch W while we ride and then stick around for when her daughter gets there and rides. This is absolutely perfect for us because that means we get to be with W while we load everything up, drive and hang out before we hit the trails and then again as soon as we get back. It means loads more time with W and that makes me super happy :)
I have been wanting to do a give away since I started this blog as a nice reward for hanging in there with me. But I needed a reason to give something away. And I needed something to give away. Well, this pace gives me just the reason. Here is what I am thinking:
- In the comments below, write your best guess as to my completion time for the pace
- It can be over or under, just the closest to what I actually did
- You have from the time I publish this until Sunday at Midnight
- You get 1 entry
- Once I am done I will let you all know how I did and announce the winner
- In the case of a tie, I will figure out what to do
Unfortunately, I have no clue how far this one is going to be. It is anywhere from 6-12 miles. To help you out a little, I do know that they try to make them around the 2 hour mark. The only other one that actually went off this fall was at Biltmore. The winning Hunter division came in at 1:30 with the last one to finish at 2:30. The Trail division was an hour longer - about 2:30 for the winner and 3:30 for the last people to finish before getting a big DNF (did not finish). I think we are planning to do the hunter division. In reality, I believe we are too fast for trail, but a little slow for hunter. We will see :)
What do you win?? A book! Ten Feet Tall, Still by Julie Suhr I actually have not read it yet, but I have heard that it is a great book, not only for those who ride, but for anyone who has a dream they are chasing. It is on my "To Read" list and so I figured I would send off a copy to the winner.
So...please participate! I will feel like a complete loser if I don't get any guesses at all.
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