pic by Sandra Lee of daddy ilg warming down the Daughter Who Chose To C(om)e Through Ilg after her surreal effort at the 2015 Chama Chile Classic where Dewa at 8 years-old took out all higher aged aged athletes to finish on the overall podium….
pic by ilg; the Precious Rinpoché Dewachen, at 11,578′ today, saying before this pic, “SERIOUSLY DADDY!?!? You are taking ANOTHER PICTURE when we COULD be SKIING!?!??!” pic by ilg : Dewa KILLIN’ another finish to another Black Diamond cuz, well? (Black) Diamonds are a (Colorado) Girl’s Best Friend! working on squaring our shoulders to the […]
2018 Race Results thus far… 5th Place Overall, 2nd AG; Fall Creek Nordic Hillclimb (classic ski), Wolf Creek Pass, CO. January 7, 2018. 1,800′ of vert in 3.7 miles to 11,703′ 3rd Place Overall, 2nd AG; Fall Creek Nordic Hillclimb (skate ski), Wolf Creek Pass, CO. January 7, 2018. 1,800′ of vert in 3.7 miles to 11,703′ 3rd […]
Well kids, your feeble ilg finished 2nd Overall in the Twilight Series/SnowMaster category tonight. This 3-week BattleDance raged over crazy courses using the Wintersports of Snowshoeing, Fat Tire Cycling, and tonight’s Nordic Skiing. Kudo’s to Twilight Series Winner; Shaun! though ilg slayed Shaun tonight in the Nordic Ski (ask him, he’ll admit!), ’twas not […]
THAT M(om)ent when you realize you have AMAZING LEGS and SURREAL MENTAL TENACITY and CRUSH THE COURSE FOR OVER 2 HOURS, UP 2k OF VERT ACROSS TWO SPORTS and…it’s … not … a … Race Day Blessed Be Thy Sacred Sweat!
This M(om)ent… Dewa hockey stops on top of the headwall, as I narrowly miss reacting to her sudden snow-spraying stop… “Daddy?” “Yup?” “I don’t THINK I like skiing anymore…” I take a Conscious Breath…already attempting to convince myself that not skiing out the rest of my Blessed Life with my daughter might possibly still […]
This M(om)ent… Dewachen obviously (again) abiding in her namesake Realm, while sledding on her Daddy’s backpack waiting for Daddy to finish a nordic ski race… Kids these days… crazy thing? not too many moons ago? sledding landed Dewa into the ER with a lacerated upper teeth/lip and (still ongoing) head trauma… LOVE this Chi-ld wh(om) […]
ha! poster boy ilg strikes again! hope to see YOU on the Start Lines! NOTE: the Feb 10th race falls on the same day as my Winter Warrior 10k snowshoe race, so, won’t win the Series, yet? the real victory? is toeing the Start Lines! Get OUT and DO so as To BE!!!!!
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