Not too much to report today, since we had a theory lesson, and the weather was much too unpleasant for me to stick around for the “open house” evening starting after our lesson (and which was the reason we switched to a theory lesson for this week). Hopefully, they had some people show up anyway, but it was not the best day for it weather-wise.

We talked about the order of priorities when riding, and ended up getting rather caught up discussing pace, rhythm and length of strides. One of my weaknesses, since rhythm and I aren’t on speaking terms. Its always helpful for me to sit down, from time to time, and discuss various terms and concepts, because sometimes the way something was described can make all the difference. Our instructor is quite good at trying to fit the explanation to the person.

Its fascinating how much of riding is a mental thing.