We shared our lesson with Reece today, whose loaner horse got a little excited. She did some good riding for a kid, and I got a little jealous that she's going to grow up to be such a good rider because she gets to spend her formative years learning from John. Also, she "got" to learn how to solve a problem with John, where I "just" had super duper reliable Charlie carry me through it regardless of how I was flubbing it up.
John says when I jump at home, I don't need to jump more than 2'6" or 3', so that was super helpful. He says he might do a few big jumps in a row, or just one once before a show, depending on what the horse needs.
For my lesson, my number one thing was to get my reins back faster. He said it's fine if I slip them over the big fence so I'm not hitting Charlie in the mouth, but it shouldn't take me half the ring to pick them back up again. I've also taken to sticking my left elbow out, like a chicken. I have no idea why I'm doing that.
He also showed me with my hands where they should be when Charlie is on the bit, and how when he rounds up and then rounds down, how much that would pull them forward. He said the only way to be able to do that is being super duper responsive in the hips, and since I'm no there yet, it's ok to slip them.
He was also telling me heels down and legs forward, and to keep my reins shorter heading into the fences than I wanted. I also had to really think to squeeze my shoulder blades together, which we did at the start with some half seat in the canter and then some two point (around and around) at the trot.
We had one good learning moment over a big fence, when I looked down at it instead of up and out the door, and could immediately feel how it made me crumple in the air and as we landed, so it was a good demonstration of how important that head up is.
Charlie was great, nice and forward and round over the fences, but I still feel like triangle. John said it's fine, it will get better, and it's not any worse than it was.
Charlie will be with John some part of this week (and maybe next week) depending on how my "Uncle Leo" trial goes. There's a cold front coming in, and I am feeling terrible because I left Charlie's "snow suit" here at home so he won't be able to wear it standing in the stall. I even left my trailer down there, so I had no excuse not to bring anything he might need.
Charlie with the long sought after cooler
Spring NWEC 2013 Novice
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Dressage without stirrups
John had us get right to it with some sitting trot, and then just a few blissfully ignorant minutes in, he had me drop my stirrups. We probably did 2/3 of the lesson without stirrups, although it felt like eternity. The whole riding my bike thing before the lesson does not result in me having the freshest of thigh muscles.
Anyway, I felt something very, very interesting. Going to the right, especially at the canter, my entire body scrunches up and leans inside. I have never felt that without stirrups, and I bet they're mitigating it a tiny bit, but I think this is a eureka moment. It was brutal, trying not to lean in, and even when John said to make myself long between my hips and my ribs, he had to say "you're doing exactly the opposite of what I just told you to do" which made me laugh because I was trying to do it.
So Charlie moved like a dreamboat, good old Mr. Reliable, but I would scrunch so much my shoulder would be pointing into the center of the circle at John. It was pretty remarkable Charlie could keep going on a round circle at all.
The other interesting thing was that Charlie was carrying his head really high, but also really round. John said that's ok, as long as his poll is at the highest point. He said Charlie probably felt really light in my hands (yes) and very easy to transition (yes), but I was surprised why his head was so high. Normally, he is long and low and flat. I will have to ask John next time why he held it high.
So John wanted more bend to the inside, by moving the bit around - not pulling but moving. And then more forward, from asking with my seat, not my legs.
Charlie was very responsive, and it was a nice lesson. Once I could pick up my stirrups, it felt like we ended too soon, but when I got off, I saw Charlie was sweaty underneath (which he never is when I ride him by myself at home) so clearly he got a workout.
Then I chatted with John about the points, came home and checked the spreadsheet, and realized that yes I had overlooked something - horses and riders in multiple divisions. So Charlie is not horse of the year - a super duper upper level horse is (also for sale for $65,000, a two star horse who is 13), and I am not rider of the year - Jordan who is on the leaderboard in like five different divisions probably is. Bummer. But I'm going to hold out hope that Charlie gets reserve horse of the year. That would still be pretty cool.
The other interesting thing is that he didn't have a chance of winning it at novice the year we did super well. Not a snowball's chance. Pretty much no horse does but the upper level ones. If I did the math right, first place is 73.x, Charlie was 40.5, and third place was 40.
Anyway, I felt something very, very interesting. Going to the right, especially at the canter, my entire body scrunches up and leans inside. I have never felt that without stirrups, and I bet they're mitigating it a tiny bit, but I think this is a eureka moment. It was brutal, trying not to lean in, and even when John said to make myself long between my hips and my ribs, he had to say "you're doing exactly the opposite of what I just told you to do" which made me laugh because I was trying to do it.
So Charlie moved like a dreamboat, good old Mr. Reliable, but I would scrunch so much my shoulder would be pointing into the center of the circle at John. It was pretty remarkable Charlie could keep going on a round circle at all.
The other interesting thing was that Charlie was carrying his head really high, but also really round. John said that's ok, as long as his poll is at the highest point. He said Charlie probably felt really light in my hands (yes) and very easy to transition (yes), but I was surprised why his head was so high. Normally, he is long and low and flat. I will have to ask John next time why he held it high.
So John wanted more bend to the inside, by moving the bit around - not pulling but moving. And then more forward, from asking with my seat, not my legs.
Charlie was very responsive, and it was a nice lesson. Once I could pick up my stirrups, it felt like we ended too soon, but when I got off, I saw Charlie was sweaty underneath (which he never is when I ride him by myself at home) so clearly he got a workout.
Then I chatted with John about the points, came home and checked the spreadsheet, and realized that yes I had overlooked something - horses and riders in multiple divisions. So Charlie is not horse of the year - a super duper upper level horse is (also for sale for $65,000, a two star horse who is 13), and I am not rider of the year - Jordan who is on the leaderboard in like five different divisions probably is. Bummer. But I'm going to hold out hope that Charlie gets reserve horse of the year. That would still be pretty cool.
The other interesting thing is that he didn't have a chance of winning it at novice the year we did super well. Not a snowball's chance. Pretty much no horse does but the upper level ones. If I did the math right, first place is 73.x, Charlie was 40.5, and third place was 40.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Breathe a little easier
I had to miss both lessons last week because of cold weather (snow, then ice), so I was eager for tonight's lesson. John took care of Charlie first, and made sure he didn't get too sweaty so he wouldn't get cold on the ride home, so we quit a little early. We were going to do the corner, but didn't.
I had my list of questions:
- Why does my back round on the far side of the fence? It used to round all the way, and has gotten flatter and flatter, so this will probably go away. Right now, I can only think of so much all the way through.
- Why are Area VII points different than national? Because Area VII doubles champs and national doesn't.
- Why can't I do the 9' poles at home? He doesn't know because I ride them fine with him. Stop overriding them maybe.
- Why is Charlie throwing his head up in the transitions? Because it's cold and he's stiff and to work him hard enough to get him round would make him all sweaty and John didn't want that tonight, it wasn't worth it.
- Why do I some nights have great lengthening and other nights great lateral? This seemed like a stupid question but actually was a great one because John said the lengthening is how loose Charlie is in the warm up, and the lateral is how even I am. So if I'm riding crooked, Charlie won't go as well. I haven't been able to correlate it with how hard Charlie was worked, but it does - with hindsight - have to do with how hard I worked at the gym the day before, I think!
So we started with some warmup, which I like because it helps me think what I should do at home alone. He had Charle much more round and forward, and had me do more alternating legs (like outside leg, then inside leg, then both legs), with a bit of bend to the outside. (Which I don't think I'm doing enough at home.)
Then we did just the line of poles, then John made them longer (12' instead of 9') and Charlie didn't care. Then we did them the other way, same thing.
Then we did them to a vertical that John quite quickly made into that same behemoth 4' thing. The good news is (I think) we rode it much cleaner. He said he wasn't going to tell me good because it would go to my head, but "better". It felt a lot better than last time, when I felt completely uncoordinated up there.
It made my face grimace, but Charlie tackled it like a champ.
The only thing was he absolutely flat out refused to ever land on the left lead. It was right - right - right. John said use outside leg on the way in to the fence (when I was trying to land left) but it didn't make a difference.
John said he's probably a bit stiff on that side (the cold), and his right hind just doesn't want to push as much. He said use that outside leg to remind him to use it, but not to make too big a deal out of it when it's cold and Charlie's going fine.
It was kind of frustrating because my reins kept getting longer over the line of poles, no matter how much I sucked them up after and how hard I tried not to let them slide.
Meg said she gave Manny a spur rub on the left, which is super interesting because I give Charlie spur rubs on the right, and Charlie hates landing on the left lead and Manny hates landing on the right lead.
I realized last week that what I like so much about John is he accepts me for the way I learn, and adjusts his teaching style to get through to me, instead of demanding that I learn his way. He's a really, really good instructor. He's very adaptable for the student/horse combination (and current issues), has good solutions, doesn't provide too much at once, but first and foremost takes care of the horse. I'm really, really grateful I get to ride with him.
I had my list of questions:
- Why does my back round on the far side of the fence? It used to round all the way, and has gotten flatter and flatter, so this will probably go away. Right now, I can only think of so much all the way through.
- Why are Area VII points different than national? Because Area VII doubles champs and national doesn't.
- Why can't I do the 9' poles at home? He doesn't know because I ride them fine with him. Stop overriding them maybe.
- Why is Charlie throwing his head up in the transitions? Because it's cold and he's stiff and to work him hard enough to get him round would make him all sweaty and John didn't want that tonight, it wasn't worth it.
- Why do I some nights have great lengthening and other nights great lateral? This seemed like a stupid question but actually was a great one because John said the lengthening is how loose Charlie is in the warm up, and the lateral is how even I am. So if I'm riding crooked, Charlie won't go as well. I haven't been able to correlate it with how hard Charlie was worked, but it does - with hindsight - have to do with how hard I worked at the gym the day before, I think!
So we started with some warmup, which I like because it helps me think what I should do at home alone. He had Charle much more round and forward, and had me do more alternating legs (like outside leg, then inside leg, then both legs), with a bit of bend to the outside. (Which I don't think I'm doing enough at home.)
Then we did just the line of poles, then John made them longer (12' instead of 9') and Charlie didn't care. Then we did them the other way, same thing.
Then we did them to a vertical that John quite quickly made into that same behemoth 4' thing. The good news is (I think) we rode it much cleaner. He said he wasn't going to tell me good because it would go to my head, but "better". It felt a lot better than last time, when I felt completely uncoordinated up there.
It made my face grimace, but Charlie tackled it like a champ.
The only thing was he absolutely flat out refused to ever land on the left lead. It was right - right - right. John said use outside leg on the way in to the fence (when I was trying to land left) but it didn't make a difference.
John said he's probably a bit stiff on that side (the cold), and his right hind just doesn't want to push as much. He said use that outside leg to remind him to use it, but not to make too big a deal out of it when it's cold and Charlie's going fine.
It was kind of frustrating because my reins kept getting longer over the line of poles, no matter how much I sucked them up after and how hard I tried not to let them slide.
Meg said she gave Manny a spur rub on the left, which is super interesting because I give Charlie spur rubs on the right, and Charlie hates landing on the left lead and Manny hates landing on the right lead.
I realized last week that what I like so much about John is he accepts me for the way I learn, and adjusts his teaching style to get through to me, instead of demanding that I learn his way. He's a really, really good instructor. He's very adaptable for the student/horse combination (and current issues), has good solutions, doesn't provide too much at once, but first and foremost takes care of the horse. I'm really, really grateful I get to ride with him.
Saturday, December 03, 2016
Work on 10 meter circles
Today we talked about fitness (human and horse), exercises I can do at work and home, and then did such hard work on 10 meter circles that now - 6 hours later - my butt is sore.
First, I wanted to know why I got so out of breath in my lessons (and sweaty). John said he gets sweaty too, and that part of it is because I am using a whole bunch of muscles I don't use when I ride by myself (because it is harder for me to just keep going than to rely on John to tell me what to do next). In a lot of my lessons, he is telling me to adjust things step by step, and that means muscles are always working. He also said there's nothing else like riding to work the muscles - running and biking both just lengthen them. He said the closest is swimming.
For Charlie, he said that yes, once Charlie is fit, he can maintain it with just a little bit of work. Like how I got him fit for the three day, and then he lasted the next six weeks for the rest of the season without me needing to condition him. He said it is a lot of work to get a horse up to a full format * fit, but then it is just a couple extra minutes of gallop to get them up to **. He also said it is much harder now, when people don't have access to places like his where they can just go gallop around the 40 acres, then come back and keep jumping.
But yes, they can get dull, so break up the routine of work with just some walking around and chatting before going back to work.
For fitness, I can do the adductor at the gym, wall squats at work and at home (work up to 20 minutes!), and stairs. But he said on the stairs to first walk on my heels and stretch out the Achilles Tendon so I don't injure it, then do the stairs with my heel hanging off the back.
He also said that my position is not good at the apex of the jump, but my leg is not swinging, and my approach and landing are good, so it was not as bad as I felt like it was. (I was sure I was doomed from prelim and we were going to have years of basic work before he'll let me go up a level.)
For Charlie being stiff yesterday, he said yes, the long low work was good, and also add a bit of long low leg yield. My lower back was probably sore from trying to keep my shoulder blades together, and holding the position over the top of the fence.
So today we did a lot of 10 meter circles, at the trot and canter. Charlie threw one fit, kind of early on, and it was relatively brief. This was one of those lessons where John gave me instructions at every step, so it was too much for me to repeat at home, but one big takeaway was to push down with inside seat bone with the canter aids (and then, even on a 10 meter circle, Charlie picked it up instantly). For the down transition from canter to trot, don't drop my hands and keep my legs on so he doesn't plummet down. Do NOT let my inside hand get dragged down, keep it up. To have bend on a small circle, make the inside rein a couple inches shorter; then my hands can be even but I have bend in Charlie's neck.
We did 10 meter circle, shoulder-in on short side, another 10 meter circle, etc. Then we did the same thing but going down the long side without changing anything and going deep in the corners. John said we had a nice trot in the circle that used to be our lengthened trot. Charlie tried to twist his head, so I had to put the inside hand up a lot and hold it there. We did a lot of the work sitting.
Charlie also tried to bulge out the outside shoulder, and I had to use outside leg to keep him from escaping, but then he'd start moving in, so I had to follow it right away with inside leg. It was a lot of concentration and a lot of reaction and requests all really fast. Charlie did great (other than the one little tantrum), and it was - as usual - a great lesson.
John said that I can do work without stirrups also, but to be careful not to start pinching from my knee - to remember that exercise about holding the dollar bill.
First, I wanted to know why I got so out of breath in my lessons (and sweaty). John said he gets sweaty too, and that part of it is because I am using a whole bunch of muscles I don't use when I ride by myself (because it is harder for me to just keep going than to rely on John to tell me what to do next). In a lot of my lessons, he is telling me to adjust things step by step, and that means muscles are always working. He also said there's nothing else like riding to work the muscles - running and biking both just lengthen them. He said the closest is swimming.
For Charlie, he said that yes, once Charlie is fit, he can maintain it with just a little bit of work. Like how I got him fit for the three day, and then he lasted the next six weeks for the rest of the season without me needing to condition him. He said it is a lot of work to get a horse up to a full format * fit, but then it is just a couple extra minutes of gallop to get them up to **. He also said it is much harder now, when people don't have access to places like his where they can just go gallop around the 40 acres, then come back and keep jumping.
But yes, they can get dull, so break up the routine of work with just some walking around and chatting before going back to work.
For fitness, I can do the adductor at the gym, wall squats at work and at home (work up to 20 minutes!), and stairs. But he said on the stairs to first walk on my heels and stretch out the Achilles Tendon so I don't injure it, then do the stairs with my heel hanging off the back.
He also said that my position is not good at the apex of the jump, but my leg is not swinging, and my approach and landing are good, so it was not as bad as I felt like it was. (I was sure I was doomed from prelim and we were going to have years of basic work before he'll let me go up a level.)
For Charlie being stiff yesterday, he said yes, the long low work was good, and also add a bit of long low leg yield. My lower back was probably sore from trying to keep my shoulder blades together, and holding the position over the top of the fence.
So today we did a lot of 10 meter circles, at the trot and canter. Charlie threw one fit, kind of early on, and it was relatively brief. This was one of those lessons where John gave me instructions at every step, so it was too much for me to repeat at home, but one big takeaway was to push down with inside seat bone with the canter aids (and then, even on a 10 meter circle, Charlie picked it up instantly). For the down transition from canter to trot, don't drop my hands and keep my legs on so he doesn't plummet down. Do NOT let my inside hand get dragged down, keep it up. To have bend on a small circle, make the inside rein a couple inches shorter; then my hands can be even but I have bend in Charlie's neck.
We did 10 meter circle, shoulder-in on short side, another 10 meter circle, etc. Then we did the same thing but going down the long side without changing anything and going deep in the corners. John said we had a nice trot in the circle that used to be our lengthened trot. Charlie tried to twist his head, so I had to put the inside hand up a lot and hold it there. We did a lot of the work sitting.
Charlie also tried to bulge out the outside shoulder, and I had to use outside leg to keep him from escaping, but then he'd start moving in, so I had to follow it right away with inside leg. It was a lot of concentration and a lot of reaction and requests all really fast. Charlie did great (other than the one little tantrum), and it was - as usual - a great lesson.
John said that I can do work without stirrups also, but to be careful not to start pinching from my knee - to remember that exercise about holding the dollar bill.
Friday, December 02, 2016
Travel times
John says 14 hours to Fresno and there's a stop half way.
20 hours to Galway.
Also, hand on outside of thigh, above knee, replicates the motion your hand does on the rein (at the canter) to feel how much motion there is.
20 hours to Galway.
Also, hand on outside of thigh, above knee, replicates the motion your hand does on the rein (at the canter) to feel how much motion there is.
Thursday, December 01, 2016
4' is really, really gigantic (which makes me sad)
We jumped this gigantic jump today; the biggest jump I've ever jumped. I couldn't believe John kept making it bigger and then made it wider. It was at the end of four poles, 9' apart. When I measured it, I was sure it was like 4'6", maybe 4'3" if my eye was way off.
It was ONE MEASLY INCH above prelim level. One inch. I'm crushed.
Charlie jumped it like a freaking rock star.
I jumped it like an utter moron. I just stood straight up in the air like Triangle and didn't even do a crest release. John said that Charlie was rocking way back on his haunches to go over it (because of the 9' ground poles) so I didn't need a crest release the way that I do when he launches over one all flat, but it still felt like I would win a worst position award. John also asked was I inhibiting him or catching him in the mouth, and I wasn't - I just had all this hang time to be above him, not in a two point.
I struggled with the 9' poles. It turns out I've been coming around the corner and then barreling at the fence, and John wanted Charlie to back up, not lengthen, to have the power for the fence. He said it teaches me I don't have to lengthen to get the power, and also lets me have that leg for when I really need it in an emergency.
We started by discussing Charlie's issue from yesterday; he didn't want to do a halt - trot transition without flinging his head up in the air. When I tried to make him, he'd fling it higher, then run backwards. So I whomped on him with my heels and beat him with the whip until he went forward, then we'd try again. John said yes, he was probably just being a brat, but that the easier way to do it is halt - turn on the forehand - then trot off. And then you can just bend towards a turn on the forehand and trot off.
We did some warm up, and John had me get in a two point with SHORT REINS and then not let them slip while we shot down the long side; then stand up a bit for the short side, then go back down the long side. This was much harder than it sounds because I really did not want to keep my hands out in front of me. You have to move your elbows to have hands in front with short reins. I also got horribly out of breath (and sweaty) which pissed me off with all the bike riding I've been doing.
Then we did the ground poles, once horribly (John said I tried to ride the first one in stride instead of just letting Charlie deal with it and looking to the end). The rest were fine.
Then he made the vertical at the end bigger and bigger. We did just a bit of a nice trot in between.
In the ground poles, he asked me to change lead on the third pole, and while Charlie didn't do it successfully, he did try, and John said he liked that Charlie listened and tried.
John said not to think about pushing my hips back because I like to duck, but to think about pulling my shoulder blades together, to try to work on the position.
He said that at home work on keeping that feeling of contact (with short reins) all the time; because it is not just over fences, but on the flat that I am doing it too. Last lesson I was curling my wrist, and he said the is the right feel, but wrong solution. I just need a shorter rein.
Finally, we talked about the next horse. He said that it will be anywhere from $20-100, and that he'd prefer to get a training level horse, ride it a year or two there to get to know it, and then go prelim. He said he has too many students who buy a 1* and then want to immediately go 1* (so they're not "wasting" it) but it's not what's best for the horse, who has learned to communicate with his (former) rider, and then the new rider doesn't respect the signals
He said, for example, he just looked at one who was 5, could jump 4' without a rider, and then jumped 3' with a rider without getting all wound up. That's the kind of horse he'd look for. He also wants to look for one that if it doesn't work out, it can be sold, and I don't get stuck with it. So I can get it, go training level, and if it's not the horse for me, sell it again and look again. He also said he doesn't know if Charlie can do a 1*, he's never been fit enough for John to guess whether his legs can withstand the pounding for the distance and speed.
John said his primary concern with letting people go up a level is whether the horse is going to take care of itself. He doesn't want to let people level up if the horse is just going to smash into the fence. I like that I can trust him to tell me that. He said also there will be times when the horse just seems tired or not into it, and then he'll say to scratch a show. He said it's not worth it to push them at that level when they're not ready to go.
Even though my form was bad, I was impressed by how huge the jump was until I got home, measured it, and totally deflated. He told me not to measure; he said it was prelim and not to worry about it, but I did it anyway.
It was ONE MEASLY INCH above prelim level. One inch. I'm crushed.
Charlie jumped it like a freaking rock star.
I jumped it like an utter moron. I just stood straight up in the air like Triangle and didn't even do a crest release. John said that Charlie was rocking way back on his haunches to go over it (because of the 9' ground poles) so I didn't need a crest release the way that I do when he launches over one all flat, but it still felt like I would win a worst position award. John also asked was I inhibiting him or catching him in the mouth, and I wasn't - I just had all this hang time to be above him, not in a two point.
I struggled with the 9' poles. It turns out I've been coming around the corner and then barreling at the fence, and John wanted Charlie to back up, not lengthen, to have the power for the fence. He said it teaches me I don't have to lengthen to get the power, and also lets me have that leg for when I really need it in an emergency.
We started by discussing Charlie's issue from yesterday; he didn't want to do a halt - trot transition without flinging his head up in the air. When I tried to make him, he'd fling it higher, then run backwards. So I whomped on him with my heels and beat him with the whip until he went forward, then we'd try again. John said yes, he was probably just being a brat, but that the easier way to do it is halt - turn on the forehand - then trot off. And then you can just bend towards a turn on the forehand and trot off.
We did some warm up, and John had me get in a two point with SHORT REINS and then not let them slip while we shot down the long side; then stand up a bit for the short side, then go back down the long side. This was much harder than it sounds because I really did not want to keep my hands out in front of me. You have to move your elbows to have hands in front with short reins. I also got horribly out of breath (and sweaty) which pissed me off with all the bike riding I've been doing.
Then we did the ground poles, once horribly (John said I tried to ride the first one in stride instead of just letting Charlie deal with it and looking to the end). The rest were fine.
Then he made the vertical at the end bigger and bigger. We did just a bit of a nice trot in between.
In the ground poles, he asked me to change lead on the third pole, and while Charlie didn't do it successfully, he did try, and John said he liked that Charlie listened and tried.
John said not to think about pushing my hips back because I like to duck, but to think about pulling my shoulder blades together, to try to work on the position.
He said that at home work on keeping that feeling of contact (with short reins) all the time; because it is not just over fences, but on the flat that I am doing it too. Last lesson I was curling my wrist, and he said the is the right feel, but wrong solution. I just need a shorter rein.
Finally, we talked about the next horse. He said that it will be anywhere from $20-100, and that he'd prefer to get a training level horse, ride it a year or two there to get to know it, and then go prelim. He said he has too many students who buy a 1* and then want to immediately go 1* (so they're not "wasting" it) but it's not what's best for the horse, who has learned to communicate with his (former) rider, and then the new rider doesn't respect the signals
He said, for example, he just looked at one who was 5, could jump 4' without a rider, and then jumped 3' with a rider without getting all wound up. That's the kind of horse he'd look for. He also wants to look for one that if it doesn't work out, it can be sold, and I don't get stuck with it. So I can get it, go training level, and if it's not the horse for me, sell it again and look again. He also said he doesn't know if Charlie can do a 1*, he's never been fit enough for John to guess whether his legs can withstand the pounding for the distance and speed.
John said his primary concern with letting people go up a level is whether the horse is going to take care of itself. He doesn't want to let people level up if the horse is just going to smash into the fence. I like that I can trust him to tell me that. He said also there will be times when the horse just seems tired or not into it, and then he'll say to scratch a show. He said it's not worth it to push them at that level when they're not ready to go.
Even though my form was bad, I was impressed by how huge the jump was until I got home, measured it, and totally deflated. He told me not to measure; he said it was prelim and not to worry about it, but I did it anyway.
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