TRAINING WEEK OF RACE

[Guest TAMMY_1]

At what day before the race on the Saturday would you stop training your birds, or would you continue right up till the thursday, based upon your tosses being 40 miles, no short tosses are available.

[Guest jason]

Mine have just returned from a 40 mile toss and they are going tommorow, wednesday and thursday then I'll loft fly friday morning.

 

Jason

[Guest]

Hi Tammy,

 

for me it would be dependant on what the previous Saturdays race had been like, what the training had been like during the week, and what the race distance and weather forecast was for the coming Saturday. ie; if they have had a hard race / hard training schedule, I would ease off by the Wednesday to give them time to build for the coming race. If they have had an easy previous race, and tail-winds all week, then Thursday would be included for training also! In my opinion, you have to feel the condition of your team and take appropriate measures accordingly.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Hi Tammy,

 

for me it would be dependant on what the previous Saturdays race had been like, what the training had been like during the week, and what the race distance and weather forecast was for the coming Saturday. ie; if they have had a hard race / hard training schedule, I would ease off by the Wednesday to give them time to build for the coming race. If they have had an easy previous race, and tail-winds all week, then Thursday would be included for training also! In my opinion, you have to feel the condition of your team and take appropriate measures accordingly.

 

Saturday coming will be our first race from Kelso, about 58 miles,

[Guest]

Hi Tam,

 

1st race on Saturday, then I would train upto and including thursday. I never train on a Basketing day (usually Friday but sometimes this can change in the UNC!)

[liverpool_boy]

HI TAMMY IV STOP TRAINING MY BIRDS FROM LAST FRIDAY I RACE THEME OUT TO 300 MILE THATS THEME UNTILL THE FRANCE RACE WARE I GIVE THEME 5 TA 7 TOSSIES AT 50 MILE

[sapper756]

Train Tuesday and Wednesday, fly around loft on Thursday and confined to loft Friday

[barlbylofts]

if you mean up to your first race mine is normaly two days before the first race. but if you mean do we train in between racing then its not at all for me as i fly mid week and that do the training for me

[carl]

Tammy i would train the up to thursday then keep them in friday,i dont see the point feeding them up on thursday to let them out friday morning as birds should have plenty food in the friday morning..

[crazy pigeon boy]

i keep mine training up untill thursday then rest all day friday untill marking i dont let them out on fridays but if it was a long distance race over (250 miles)train till wednesday and let them out round the loft on thursday  

[pigeonpete]

At what day before the race on the Saturday would you stop training your birds, or would you continue right up till the thursday, based upon your tosses being 40 miles, no short tosses are available.

 

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tam you never take yours more than 5 miles as your a tite ass!!

[Sally McQueen]

With Old birds we train up to first race then when on widowhood they dont see the basket until marking day, and young birds we train them mon, tues, weds and thursday up to 20 miles..

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

;D ;D

tam you never take yours more than 5 miles as your a tite ass!!

 

I dont take them anywhere dummy, I get somebody else to take them and use their petrol

[mac1]

who trains on mondays after a hard race on saturday

[pigeonpete]

 

I dont take them anywhere dummy, I get somebody else to take them and use their petrol

 

sounds bout rite!! : :

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

sounds bout rite!! : :

 

it is right,, the man who lives two doors down works in edinburgh every day along with my younger brother so they go in the works van with them any day i want to send them, as much free training as i want and in the last 5 years sending them with them i have only lost one bird .

[harky]

 

it is right,, the man who lives two doors down works in edinburgh every day along with my younger brother so they go in the works van with them any day i want to send them, as much free training as i want and in the last 5 years sending them with them i have only lost one bird .

 

thats cause there letting them go 5 mile up the road DAFTY ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

 

thats cause there letting them go 5 mile up the road DAFTY ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

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[pigeonpete]

 

thats cause there letting them go 5 mile up the road DAFTY ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

pmsl!! and he still lost 1 ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

pmsl!! and he still lost 1 ;D ;D

 

pete my avatar is especially for you and harky ;D

[harky]

 

pete my avatar is especially for you and harky ;D

 

that wee boy canny hay anythin to day way you hes intelligent lookin an no stuffin hesv face DAFTY ;D ;D ;D

[pigeonpete]

 

pete my avatar is especially for you and harky ;D

 

id already guessed that you badger poker ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

pigeons are not machines,, mind you they run out of fuel like machines  :-/ :-/ :-/