I feel like I had such good momentum going into this season, I was in a nice routine, I felt motivated and excited. Then as ever with horses, the curveball of Estrid’s run in with a fence threw a spanner in the works. Estrid has had 6 weeks off and now we only have 6 weeks to prepare for Thetford, the only FEI ride left for the 2025 season in the UK, and I don’t know if we’re going to make it.
One thing I actually like about myself is that when motivation is lacking I am very disciplined, so although I don’t feel like pulling myself together and getting back into a training routine, I’ll still do it anyway. The reason I hesitate to aim for a 1* this season is that it’s a lot of time, effort and money to spend if I’m not 100% happy with the preparation.
I’m thinking of doing a national 80km CER instead but then a little bit of me thinks ‘I might as well do the extra 20km and do a 1*’. I guess we shall see how the next few weeks go and make the decision closer to the closing date of the ride. For now I’m going to fake it ’till I make it and hope that I get my mojo back!
Beth Endurance 