I pick running. I am a little surprised but the answer was handed to me. It’s unequivocal. I rode for years and years as a child and teen. I owned my own horses, did pony club and jumpers and eventing. I rode every day. I mucked out stalls and groomed and turned out and brought back in, the whole thing. Then I gave it all up for university- money and time. Needing a passion, a sport, a diversion I found running. People would ask, do you miss riding do you want to ride? No, I would reply, it’s just about having a passion, it doesn’t really matter what it is. I’ve been running for more years than I ever rode (who knew the years would pass so rapidly?) Several weeks ago I revisited riding, taking lessons and finding delight in the fact that my body remembered how to approach a jump and apply the aids etc. I loved it, it felt great. Then I was thrown by a little bastard horse right after a jump and my poor sacrum hurt like hell. Running Running Running- that’s what my panic thoughts kept coming back to. I want to run and I need to run. Now three weeks of hobbling have brought me to a point where I can slowly lope through 5 km with minimal pain. I can enjoy the riding ringside, watching my kid. This girl’s a runner.
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