Get'in some Cardio

Raven and I practicing for a triathlon.

Yesterday I was working with little Raven the pony. She is getting much better every time I go to lunge her. This time I wanted to see if she would jog next to me. I started to jog and she picked up her trot right next to me. It was a neat feeling. If I stopped she stopped. She kept her distance about 4' away  to my side. I ran over some poles laying on the ground and she followed without a problem.

Ginger the owner of the barn walked past the ring and yelled out "What are you doing?! Getting some cardio in?" I immediately felt stupid and lost my self awareness and must have veered into Ravens path, next thing I know I have a horse pummeling the back of me, coming close to almost running me down.

She regained her footing as did I... and we kept on jogging around in the ring both looking a little embarrassed but determined to regain our composure.

 It reminded me of when I used to go running on trails with my dads Great Dane "Lucy". I had a vision of taking Raven with me to the same park and going for a two mile run with her.  She was a better running partner then Lucy, and isn't much bigger. Who knows, maybe this horse could be my new partner. Then who knows... marathons maybe, screw three day eventing, she rather do a triathlon.  Anyway, here is a drawing of what I had in mind.
Enjoy!