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Diane
Agua Dulce, CA, United States
Hometown:
Agua Dulce, CA
VVClassic: Division
HandDrawn
Relationship Status:
It's Complicated
Number of Horses
3
Number of Rides you do each year?
6-10
Do you follow FEI Endurance?
Yes - as a Volunteer
How Long have you been riding Endurance?
6-10 years

Diane's Groups

VV May Flowers
(19 members)
Created by Endurance.Net
VVMarchMaddness
(34 members)
Created by Endurance.Net
VVDoItAgain
(15 members)
Created by Endurance.Net

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Lucy's Eastern High Sierra Classic Ride Video

Lucy's Eastern High Sierra Classic Ride Video
Added May 14 by Diane.

Horses are never boring!

Horses are never boring!
Added Jan 17 by Diane.

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Forum

Animal communication

Added a post Jan 6

Hey Chris, I just created my page and saw the discussion here. I have 3 horses and 3 dogs and I think I communicate better with them than with most people! I would be interested to hear what you co... Read More »

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Lindy Manning left a comment for Diane Jun 4
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Diane added 3 new blog posts. View Diane's blog posts May 26
Diane added a video: Lucy's Eastern High Sierra Classic Ride Video
Lucy's Eastern High Sierra Classic Ride Video
May 14
Diane joined the group VV May Flowers May 12
Diane added 8 photos. View Photos
Cuyama Oaks XP Ride I think I LOVE you! I want to bite you! Start of the first day
Mar 26

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Diane's Blog

One Last May Flower Ride

Had a chance to get one more ride in for the VV May Flower Ride. Freddy came back and he's definitely hooked, he wanted more miles!! So we did a very technical, tough hill loop. It was about 9 miles in 2.5 hours. That was good since it was either up or down almost all the way. Freddy's doing great. My only disappointment is that I forgot the camera again, darn. The flowers were really beautiful up at almost 4000 feet and the view was wonderful due to the windy weather. Hard to believe it was…

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Posted by Diane on May 26th, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments (Add)
 

VV May Flowers Ride

Well, it's only fitting that there should be some pictures of FLOWERS! Although they were not taken while riding, they are from my usual riding trails. This one is the Palo Verde tree in my yard and the rest were taken at Vasquez Rocks Park…

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Posted by Diane on May 26th, 2008 at 11:51am — No Comments (Add)
 

I've got a Junior rider!!

I'm so excited! My nephew Freddy, who has come with me to many endurance rides, has taken the first step to becoming an endurance rider! He has already proven himself to be a great camper, good company and an ace dog sitter! He loves the horses and has been asking for a while when he might be able to try, but he'd never ridden my horses outside the corral. Well, for a while I only had one rideable horse and then when I did have 2, I felt they were just too much for him. I couldn't figure how…

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Posted by Diane on May 25th, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments (Add)
 

Vasquez Rocks Loop March 16

A beautiful Sunday for a ride! I was at Vasquez Rocks on Saturday with my niece and hiked down into Little Horse Canyon and the stream was flowing nicely and there were tons of beautiful yellow flowers blooming. We took a lot of pictures and ended up caught in a very sudden shower which turned to slush and then turned to snow, but only for about an hour. But we raced to the truck and turned on the heat really quickly as we only had light clothing on. The temp. went from 56 degrees to 36 in a…

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Posted by Diane on March 16th, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments (Add)
 

20 Mule Team Ride, is it REALLY March??

Well, did we luck out or what? Arrived at ride camp at 11 on Friday and selected an area to set up a somewhat circular camp with 3 rigs around a central area for the horses. This was to prevent too much wind exposure as in years past. WHAT WIND? About 20 minutes into setting up camp, I was hot! Woah, THIS is WINTER? I have frozen at this ride for the last 3 years, with wind, rain, ice, snow and frozen water buckets on the menu. It was so beautiful this year. And we had the giant flocks (?) of…

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Posted by Diane on March 12th, 2008 at 3:03pm — 1 Comment (Add)
 

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At 6:47pm on July 29th, 2008, D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson said…
That cover shot would be Samburu KA from the old Klees Arabians farm in Santa Inez. They are long gone but Sammy lives on! ::) He is 28 this year too! We still ride him about 5 miles a week. He loves it. Last week he went trotting down the road with a friend and across the front of my neighbors front yard. I was in her yard on Valentina talking with her. She looked to the road and GASPED. She said, "OMG, is that SAMMY - he looks just like the oil painting (same cover picture) that you have of him!" That cover pic was when he was FIVE! So, we don't tell him he is 28. LOL!

I am very interested in the Cool Vests. Which ones do you have? Which one do you think does the best job for you? I am having lots of heat issues this year. I don't know why. I have never had these issues. I think it's because the moisture content of the air is so low!

As far as electrolytes. The best I have found the works for me is eGel.
Formulation
Energy - 150 carbohydrate calories from a blend of glucose polymers (maltodextrin) and fructose that is designed to provide sustained energy delivery. That's 50% more energy then other leading energy gels.
Electrolytes - 230 mg of sodium and 80 mg potassium (more than double other gels) · No fat and no protein (since it is designed to be consumed during athletic activity)
Antioxidant Blend - to protect tissues by neutralizing free radicals that are produced by the muscle's use of oxygen during intense athletic activity.
Amino Acid Blend - designed to slow lactic acid build up, fight muscle degradation and assist in maintaining focus and concentration.
Vitamin B6 - assists with the conversion of protein to energy, and research has shown that your body looses vitamin B6 during intense athletic activity.
Balanced Formulation - e-Gel is the only gel designed to provide complete energy, hydration, and electrolyte replacement when consumed with sufficient amounts of water.

I don't mix with water. I take if straight out of the packet and make sure it hits under my tongue. Then I start the water about 3 minutes later. It hits my bloodstream FAST and levels my blood sugars quickly and stablizes my body as well. I can come off a horse shaking from exhaustion and heat. Even though I have been drinking water. The eGel seems to be the only thing that helps. http://www.cranksports.com/default.asp?rid=364585 is a link to the site. Good luck and let me know if you get this product and if it did any good for you. :)

Raquel and I are going to do the Fireworks 25 mile this weekend. It is our first venture! We have been volunteering at rides, doing club work days, and going with Ranelle Rubin on trail rides all over the place. So, this is our jump off ride. :) Next, I am not sure because I just took a job that will be working Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon. So, until that shift rotates to something else. I won't be able to go to another ride for a while. I am going to see if anyone can sponsor Raquel so that she can continue to go. :)

GitRDone should be a great ride this year. I think a lot of people are going to take advantage of that ride. Especially since so many Nor Cal rides have been cancelled. :) Swanton is truly reeping the benefit of lost rides! :)
At 4:41pm on July 29th, 2008, D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson said…
Diane,

I love your pictures!!! I had no idea how beautiful Aqua Dulce, CA would be. I didn't invision it as having any GREEN! Very nice to see the place through your eyes.

Your horses are beautiful!!! Cejlon welcomes 'mare swooning' he knows he is so very handsome! Just ask him any day of the week. Then, again, Rumor Has it, equalizes him quickly by the 'stallion screetch' that he is, in fact, the best! LOL! They are both very funny and very handsome stallions. However, I am always in awe of many endurance riders horses!

How is your riding reason? I hope you have had more success on your end of the State than we have had at our end!
At 10:13pm on June 3rd, 2008, Lindy Manning said…
You now have to help me do a page.

Lindy
At 3:08pm on May 16th, 2008, Tara said…
very funny.. This is the real me :) Ghostly like
At 2:31pm on March 5th, 2008, Marirose Six said…
Hey Diane, you have FUN at those rides. Especially the 20 Mule Team. That's a ride I'd really like to get to some year.
At 2:55pm on February 22nd, 2008, Cindy Collins said…
Diane, did you straighten out your vet card? How did John T get 5.5 miles already!
At 2:05pm on February 22nd, 2008, Endurance.Net said…
try it again on the card. I'll watch.
At 1:25pm on February 22nd, 2008, Endurance.Net said…
Diane, did you get your vet card for the DoItAgain??

jt
At 9:38am on February 14th, 2008, Kyle Gibbon said…
Aw you wimp :P Well I was planning 2 55's in March and start april off with a 75 but it's looking as "money" is changing that plan!! So will probably do our first 50 in April instead of March. Plus now that were gonna put shoes on the horses, we get a big snow storm so now it's nothing but ice! Nicaragua sounds like fun! My brother went to costa rica this past winter for mission work and is planning on going back next winter for a few months. Good luck at your next ride!
At 7:24pm on February 13th, 2008, Kyle Gibbon said…
How did your ride go?

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I don't think the average Endurance Rider has IV supplies at hand.
Nor do most have IV drugs on hand. I personally do have Bute paste
now. Nearly every Endurance Rider I know has a first aid kit at some
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Bare necessities for me are: Vet Wrap, ice wraps, bandage (usually a
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