Wholistic Fitness

ilg realizes it’s rare,
yet on this special occasion you see Sandra Lee my Beloved Partner (photo far left in pink) with s(om)e of Her Clan and now more Family as her nephew Sean married Trudy from the Cleaveland family…two Dinè joining their lives into another new
weave on the family/Clan blanket… congrats to Sean and Trudy;  and Ahèèhèè for the AMAZINGLY beautiful Native Wedding!
ilg’s highlights include starting the dance vibe with Sandra and the CUTEST EVER LITTLE NATIVE GIRLS in their twirling dances!   OMG!
GET OUT ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR AND DANCE!!!!

Alpine Start from Durango: got ilg the 3’17” hour drive (do NOT tell ANYONE that stat, plz)
up and over American’s “Most Dangerous Highway” plus a few more;  basically 5 mountain passes and 170 miles…
arrived in Gunnison (7,700′)  to actually see Dewa warming up with her 6th Fastest National DII Team last year…

tbh; the whole Gunny vibe reminds ilg of being in Boulder in the ’80’s…
we just KNEW we vibed HIGHER than ANYONE when we toed ANY Start Line… so happy for D to be a part of this renown Team and their ESTEEMED COACHES that have deep National Championship  experience…

Fortunately, only one week had passed since ilg been in Gunny to celebrate Dewa’s 19th …  (see prior post or MUCH more on my social media)
so, I recon’d and thus knew the race venue and actually?  after all those years of Vlogging every one of Dewa’s races since MS?
it was soooo fun just to be yet another parent spectator without thinking of camera angles, sun positions, permitting, etc when Vlogging…
just another Daddy out there.. cheering, loving, and adoring the wholistic canvas of the M(om)ent…

because Dewa is now part of a National Championship Team..not gonna post any race vid cuz don’t want to endanger Her status in any way…
please follow @dewa_ilg on IG,  @westerntrack
thank you!

Dewa gets congrats and coaching counsel fr(om) her renown Coach Cleveland after a 20:42
5k at nearly 9,000′
her effort on only 4 weeks of healthy training?
would have had her the 4th fastest Team Racer on her previous collegiate team..
on THIS Nationally Ranked team however?  2nd to last..
and?  She is sooooo good with it!!!
Go DEWA!

Daddy:  You wanna celebrate your effort up at Secret Stash?

D:  OMG!   yessss!  I don’t think you and I have ever even been to CB in the summer!!

Daddy:  for real… let’s go

{dear reader:  Crested Butte, the Mecca of all things drastically cool in nordic ski racing, skimo racing, and
where ilg was the FIRST PERSON EVER to use a SNOWBOARD at the prototype
Winter X-Games in ’89 (?)
and Dewa being on the OA Podium at the famed Alley Loop where her Daddy has
won many titles…
to eat at our fav restaurant of ALL TIME:
Secret Stash …}

was beyond BEYOND!
BEST DADDY/DAUGHTER DATE EVA!!!

SUNDAY:
after Dewa cranked out a 7-mile run with her Team?
she still had the ilg CHI to go climbing
with her feeble Daddy of Nothing..

as She practiced again the whole pre-climb ritual that ilg taught her,
my quote came to mind as I watched her,
“Don’t Be Late,
Prepare For The Worst,
Visualize The Best,
And Give 100% Bravery”

We had two climbs to finish up … those of you that follow us on Social, know…

LIFE BEGINS ON THE SHARP END
AS YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ALL THE OUTER WORLD BS/NOISE BEHIND!

ilg taught Dewa:

Have the Courage to Have Courage…

now look at her!!
after running 7 miles the day after racing with her DII Nationally Ranked XC Team
she is on the business end of leading this .7 climb…
then?
completely doing a D-Ring anchor lowering/TR
ALL ON HER OWN!

She could now do exactly what her feeble Daddy did for Her (*possible) Children:

teach them the SAFE, EFFECTIVE TECHNICAL WAYS
to belay, anchor, create a safe lower/TR
for HER KIDS
on HER OWN GEAR
and KNOWLEDGE!

AND THIS IS WHAT
YET ANOTHER BENCHMARK M(OM)ENT LOOKS
LIKE AS A 64 YEAR-OLD
CONSCIOUS CO-PARENT…
WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER
REALIZES!??!

“I CAN DO IT ALL!”

Or perhaps
this whole
Wholistic Fitness®
thing since 1981
is just nothing
and the current wave of AI Generated content
and young Social Media Influencers
are a better way to go…

you
choose

cuz
feeble ilg has been
HERE NOW
way before the curve,

since 1981…

ready for Spiritual Growth
through Personal Fitness
in Kali Yuga
on a 4 decade Proven Path?

or?

what?

lmk!