Angua2
Well-Known Member
Ru and I went XC schooling with a friend at the weekend, and we had a lot of fun round the baby course and the 2'6" jumps. Except.... we managed to frighten ourselves over a ditch.
We went with a lead and I rode positively and Ru misread the whole question and tried to step down into the ditch realised she couldn't panicked, shot back awkwardly unseating me, and then cat leaped. Sadly it meant I was totally and utterly unseated and in the few canter strides after the jump was thrown around like a rag doll until gravity took over and I hit the deck heavily on my left side..... all the bits the hit air didn't protect. Owwww. On the upside my poor neck that still isn't right from a fall in Feb was totally protected
Poor ru was totally freaked by it all and on representing put me neatly into the ditch. At which point I was feeling extremely battered and very very wobbily and called it a day with the ditch. We finished the session by popping over a coffin or two and some nice inviting tyres.
So in-light of the above I am on the first step of recovery by admitting we (as in both of us) are a bit (!) phased by the whole ditch thing. How on earth do I get past it or rather over it
And none painful suggestions please.
We went with a lead and I rode positively and Ru misread the whole question and tried to step down into the ditch realised she couldn't panicked, shot back awkwardly unseating me, and then cat leaped. Sadly it meant I was totally and utterly unseated and in the few canter strides after the jump was thrown around like a rag doll until gravity took over and I hit the deck heavily on my left side..... all the bits the hit air didn't protect. Owwww. On the upside my poor neck that still isn't right from a fall in Feb was totally protected
Poor ru was totally freaked by it all and on representing put me neatly into the ditch. At which point I was feeling extremely battered and very very wobbily and called it a day with the ditch. We finished the session by popping over a coffin or two and some nice inviting tyres.
So in-light of the above I am on the first step of recovery by admitting we (as in both of us) are a bit (!) phased by the whole ditch thing. How on earth do I get past it or rather over it
And none painful suggestions please.