STARTING WITH ENDURANCE When you become a (free) member of the groen Equestrian Endurance community (just sign up via this tab: Become a free member or log in if you have subscribed before) you can view a lot of free content:Information about Esther Groen and all her horsesIntro's for all the series in the libraryInformation about the "Enduran...
Have you ever heard of the term "Social Licence"? I came across the term recently and I realised improving our social licence, as equestrians, but also as endurance riders is for a large part why I do what I do: I want riders to learn and know more, so they can become better ambassadors for our sport each day. But what is a "Social...
I'm so glad you are here! You can now see all the free video's I have made (and there will be more later on) What we have so far: A video to tell you about the Online Endurance coaching Endurance: Step by StepInfo on all the tutorials that will be in this GE Community virtual library: an overview of everything but also some int...
Welcome to the " Starting with Endurance" Tutorial series on the free Groen Equestrian Community section of the website. Thank you for wanting to learn more about endurance, I presume this is the first tutorial you see, the GE Community member section is ever-expanding so it is still very much a work in progress. I hope you will explore ...
This is the second tutorial in the introductory series "Starting with endurance" called: Which horses can do endurance?Perhaps this is the first tutorial you see. In that case I would like to welcome you to Groen Equestrian endurance coaching and I hope you will explore the rest of the member section to see what's available. The GE ...
2020 was the weirdest year (so far ;) ) ... No competing in my case, not only because of Covid, but mostly because I had no means of transport for a good part of the year..). Not much IRL coaching because of Covid... Several horses with little health scares (colic mostly due to the weird temperature ch...
Now and then people ask me to help them find a horse for endurance. It can be daunting because there are so many horses out there and they want THAT special one. Which of course then puts the pressure on us all ;) . I'll do some blogs to hopefully help you think about the options when you want to buy a horse (and it really...
In this week of mental health awareness, I felt like writing a little piece to share some of my thoughts and experience about this. What we all see on the outside is not necessarily what is going on on the inside. We try to look our best, act confident and pretend all is well. Social media is aiding that: don't we all select th...
As an equestrian sports coach (focusing on endurance) it is always interesting to visit rides without taking part as a competitor. My previous blog (Exercise physiology 1: the importance of warming up for our energy stores) was about my experiences at a ride I was helping out at. I talked about the importance of a proper warming up by comparing our...
Hi! Welcome to my very first blog on my new website. I am so proud to show you everything I have been working on for the last few months. It was a challenge getting all the content for the website. As English is not my native language, it was a good exercise in writing. I realised that speaking English is quite different from writing it! I'm ...
As an equestrian sports coach (focusing on endurance) it is always interesting to visit rides without taking part as a competitor. Crewing or volunteering can give fascinating insights into what some endurance riders get up to. It helps me finding issues people might need help with, and I can give something back to the ride organisers that ar...
