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🔹2024 Rodeo Run 10k Process Flow🔹 Prize: Houston Rodeo season came to a close Sunday night (and I was there yelling some Eric Church 🍀), and yesterday my award for kicking off Rodeo season in the 10k arrived. Process: When I picked up jogging in my 30s to combat the frothy Starbucks drinks consumed finishing grad school, I had just an inkling idea that my commitment to chip away at chosen projects would continue to color the pages of how I do most things: I make consistent planned iterative improvements that turn some other page of some new page that was rarely ever imagined. In this case, I built the machine to race and place in the 10k, and then I built it out to include other values. I led a team of racers for Hays Electrical Services, was part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo season and used the race towards my 2024 Boston Marathon and Texas Ironman goals. Point: The award represents a series of weighted, directioned actions I took to build a process that included overarching combined goals. You can start late. You can start with a lot of ground to cover. But you have to get started. And hold tight to the process 🥵 While dangling overarching goals (for hope!) 🥕 This formula stands true for most things at most levels. #2 of 226 #17 of 1617 Having a Record Year! https://lnkd.in/gNXYsx-q https://lnkd.in/gdNB4pwe #houstonrodeo #hlsr #RodeoRun #running

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Hello friends family and acquaintances today is NATIONAL I LOVE HORSES DAY | July 15! On July 15 we recognize the love of one magnificent creature on National I Love Horses Day! With over 200 breeds, these spirited animals give humans much to love. Their loyalty and devotion throughout history may only be a fraction of the reasons to love them. Horses are not just a means of transportation, horses cleared fields, fought wars, and moved cattle. They are also companions on indispensable on long lonely trails, including the trail of life. Cattlemen, pioneers, and more recognize horses as cornerstones of survival in a burgeoning nation. We recognize horses as a majestic animal that brings joy to horse lovers. The tallest horse breed is the Shire. The stallions of this draft horse breed tower at 17 hands above the tiny Falabella, which grows to only eight hands and is the smallest breed of horse. The phrase "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth," is a reminder to be grateful for the gifts, opportunities or kind gestures that come our way. The phrase comes from inspecting a horse's teeth to determine its health and value. If the horse was a gift, such an inspection would be considered an insult. The quarter horse, named for its speed on a short track, is one the of three fastest breeds of horses. Thoroughbreds follow quarter horses for longer distance, but Arabians outlast both breeds for endurance on the longest races. A horse can see almost 360° at once. Because of this, it's difficult to sneak up on a horse. Their only blind spots are directly behind them and in front. However, don't approach a horse from behind; their powerful hind legs can do serious damage if they decide to defend themselves with a kick. Because horses have such an excellent range of vision, they can be easily distracted or startled. Trainers will place blinders or blinkers on their harness to block the horse's view from the side. The small piece of leather helps the horse to focus their vision forward. #NationalILoveHorsesDay #dallasharristips

The fastest horses in the world are a true marvel of nature, blending speed, strength, and stamina in ways that few other animals can match. Whether tearing up the racetrack or conquering rugged trails, these incredible horses push the limits of what’s possible, earning their place among the most impressive athletes in the animal kingdom. From the legendary speed of the Thoroughbred to the endurance of the Arabian, each breed is unique in its ability to achieve remarkable speeds. In this blog, we’ll dive into the fastest horses in the world across different disciplines, showcasing the breeds that excel in short bursts of speed and long-distance endurance. https://lnkd.in/gpF_ApcT

Charlotte Dujardin whips horse 24 times in shocking video king video This is the headline that caught me today. The link is below if you want to watch it. But needless to say the headline is accurate and admissions are made to support it. I understand the pressures we put underseleves under to perform, and the olympics would be a very powerful source of that pressure for an individual. But this is where leadership and role-modeling play their key part. Our pressures are not someone else’s pressure and are not transferrable. 1) when pressure is present, it is your time to show leadership and demonstrate the value you uphold to the others around you. That applies as much to the animals we work with as the people. Our change response to pressure is a reflection of us, not a reflection of them. So display or enhance your true nature at times of stress. 2) when you get it wrong, and we are all human and get things wrong, admit it, accept it, apologise for it and move forward in a better way. It is correct to be “deeply ashamed” of poor choices, but to trivialise it as a “lapse in judgement” minimises the role we play in leadership and role-modelling to others. I know the #equine world is tight. And personal experience has taught me that when you #whistleblow for breaches of standards you will get backlash. But I implore anyone who sees such flagrant abuses of the trust placed in the animal care leadership to step forward and be heard. It is only by exposure of such poor behaviour we can learn to grow and be better people. No one is above reproach. #animalwelfare #AnimalEthics #ECAWBM #horse #horsewelfare #CharlotteDujardin https://lnkd.in/e2jWuz3V

Thinking about pressure transfer, human motivation, stress and compassion following this interesting and deeply insightful post by Martin Whiting reflecting on the question of leadership and role-modelling following the release of the video showing a horse being repeatedly whipped by an Olympic dressage champion. For me, it brought up the question what role culture and the larger system play in incidents like these. Even though I am not a psychologist, I have plenty of lived experience and have read widely enough to know that human behaviour and decision-making (including my own!) is sometimes messy and complex. Pressures can be intrinsic or extrinsic, explicit or implicit and they can either be passed on or not as either explicit or implicit physical or verbal pressures, threats or in the worst case violence. We often don't know what made people behave in certain ways, but it seems to me that people often do what they do because - at least at some level - it makes sense to them at the time. As fallible humans, we sometimes get things awfully wrong and even if the 'wrong' thing made sense to us at the time and there may be external circumstances that influence our behaviour and decisions on a subconscious level, our behavioural choices are ultimately our responsibility. And therefore it is indeed a question of showing leadership, reflect on our behaviours and align them with our values, and accept responsibility without trivialisation when we make the wrong call. On the other hand it is also important to look at the wider system and culture in which we operate. If we want to incentivise people to motivate others - be it animals or other humans - to constructively collaborate rather than by using aversive methods, we need to build systems which reward not only the measurable outcomes but also how these outcomes are achieved. Animal and human welfare are interlinked. Proactively and consciously building compassionate, collaborative and psychologically safe cultures will ultimately benefit animals as much as the humans within them, and achieve performance in a way that does not erode trust. And they make it easier to do the 'right' thing more often, including speaking up when noticing behaviour that falls short of compassion and respect for other beings. #veterinarymedicine #animalwelfare #veterinarymentalhealth #compassionateleadership #psychologicalsafety #veterinaryhumanfactors

Today Monday July 15th is HISTORY OF CELEBRATION OF THE HORSE DAY. Horses have long been important to the American continent, even before the United States was founded. Horses are thought to have frequented these countries between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago before going extinct. They were reintroduced to the Western Hemisphere in the late 1400s, and to Florida in 1538. Colonial Spanish Horses were common in the southeastern and western U.S. from the 1500s until the mid-1800s when crossbreeding became common. Around the same time, some horses were released into the wild, and herds of feral horses known as mustangs roamed the plains. In the United States now, there are over 33,000 feral horses. Horses were acquired by Native Americans in the 1500s and 1600s. The Comanches were among the first tribes to receive them, followed by the Blackfoot and Crow. Horses were especially significant to Great Plains Native Americans. Horses were utilized by cowboys on cattle drives and ranches in the 1800s and for transportation, hauling, and farming. Horse racing grew in popularity during this period, with the introduction of Thoroughbred horse racing. Horses were bred for military and agricultural reasons as the 1900s began, but with mechanized transportation becoming more prevalent after World War I, horse populations declined. There were over 20 million horses in the nation in 1915, but only 4.5 million in 1959. In the United States today, there are about 9.2 million horses. Krista Wiskow

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The bright lights and booming celebration of the New Year can be stressful for horses. Check out these 5 tips to help your horse stay calm during the fireworks! https://loom.ly/HnjMVO4

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