Wholistic Fitness

MT TAYLOR TRAINING, BODYFAT STATS, and ILG COMMERICIAL IMAGES From Dorit Thies Photography

first, the fancy stuff that some people wanted to see. you know who you are, so here you go:

http://www.doritthies.com/g.php?MediumName=Stock_Images&GalleryID=20&mode=s

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now, the real stuff…

here is my actual letter to my Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon Teammates as we get ready to dance upon the Sacred Mountain’s slopes less than a month from now in New Mexico. I trust you have read my Two Part series on Ancient Peaks, Ancient Voices in DL!

May this help inspire and in-form your own training…fit warriors help a worried world…let’s dance:



i use uphill inline skate skiing to train for the SKI UP section of Mt. Taylor



what goes up? must come down baby! a surpising amount of Warrior Athletes have yet to learn to overcome their fear and learn the aerodynamics of high speed descending on inline skates. in my dryland training for Mt. Taylor, where i hold one of the fastest SKI DOWN times, it is critical! training photos by Ananda.

Noble Mountain Yogi Teammates –

i suggest signing up for the Email Updates from the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon Race Director…he will let us know about Course Condition changes, etc.

http://mttaylorquad.org/mail_sub.htm

i offer the following for your own training consideration:

the past 7 days, i’ve gotten in 11 hours of cardio with 80% of that within Zone 2 – low Zone 3.

80% was on a cross-bike with significant climbing to condition my legs and arms for Mt. Taylor. the remaining 20% was divided between mountain running, snowshoeing, and nordic skiing.

i should note however, that i nearly always pre-fatigue my cardio with 1-2 hours of asana so that i am in the fat-burning zone nearly the moment i turn my bicycle cranks or lace on the shoes. this, of course, is traditional ilgonian training which pivots upon the PreFatigue Principle. this 11 cardio hours/week is benchmark for the rest of my prep for Taylor. i can’t afford any more time than that. don’t really need more with my base over the years, anyway. one of the benefits of an aging endurance athlete! what will change is the intensity and modality; i’ll move from cycling (base; build) onto the running trails, snowshoe routes, and some (limited) track skiing backed with a lot of tele skiing. i’ll be focusing on long intervals (5 x 8:00 w/4:00 RI) in two weeks, with a few Threshold Intervals leading up to them in the next two weeks.

{here is how i mimic the SNOWSHOE UP section of Mt. Taylor while living in LA…running up the steepest slopes in the Santa Monica Mountains with ski poles. This nifty little 32% hillside overlooks Dirt Mulholland above the El Caballero Trail.}

i am preparing myself for the following Heart Rates during the Race;

the winning time for the Ski Up is: 41:41

Snowshoe Up is: 28:55

Snowshoe Down is:17:02

Ski Down is: 7:17

this equals 104 minutes. about an hour and a half of High Zone 3 effort; essentially my effort at Mt. Taylor will be like trying to break the hour record on a bicycle…my only ‘recovery’ for my cardio system will be the first part of the SKI DOWN, however, i will be cross-eyed with fatigue from the high altitude since i am now just a sorry ass sea level chump, and i am visualizing myself focused on cranking the technical descent on my tiny edgeless, track skis. i am still experimenting with my whole ski skins and snowshoe binding/ski boot relationship. should have it ironed out in a week.

so, if you see how i have broken down my effort at Mt. Taylor into it’s physiologic components, you will see how i am structuring my training for the next month until we meet on the Sacred Slopes of ‘Turquoise Mountain’!

questions on the Mt. Taylor course or on your training, teammates?

let me have ’em!

today, i am going to do Pranayam into HP Yoga into a road ride with Steve Marlowe (now famed forever in TBT!) up Santa Clara Divide (15 mile climb) descend her, then crank up Bear Divide/Camp Nine (a 7 mile climb). i’ll do Santa Clara Divide at High Zone 2, then Bear Divide at Low Zone 3 until the final four miles which i’ll crank up to High Zone 3.

thanks to the SUNRIDER herbs, my bodyfat has dropped to 2.7% within ten days (measured via electronic skinfold caliper this morning) and at a bodyweight of 147 lbs i am already feeling exceptionally light yet my ‘engine’ is starting to purr in a way that Porsche manufacturers can only mimic with their machines, baby! let’s GO! i plan on coming into Mt. Taylor at 145 lbs; that will keep my upper body strength for the SKI and SNOWSHOE UP.

may this gives you guys an idea of how i am preparing via Wholistic Fitness methods for our Podium Attempt at Mt. Taylor next month. i am visualizing keeping our fine team in contention. i see all three of us on the podium, smiling, knowing that our Training was strong and sincere and we deserved that Top Step. personally, i am preparing myself so that whoever is going to beat me up and down that mountain? 1) they’re gonna be a whole WORLD of HURT, and 2) they will have EARNED their victory over me, and i will respectfully bow deep to them.

Game on, baby!

let’s go TEAM MOUNTAIN YOGIS!

namaste,

coach ilg