Dewachen Ilg (11) this morning during a two-sport duathlon workout involving 5k of vert…. here, Dewa is halfway up a ski-poling workout up the frontside of Purgatory whereupon, m(om)ents after your feeble teacher got this pic? ilg spotted a Bear Being not 100-meters fr(om) us.. “Baby Girl?” “Yeah,” (insert gasping for breath) “Dad…?” […]
“i have c(om)e to dis-cover and re-cover time again, how sacredly sweating within the terrain of Mother Earth and beneath Father Sky unconditionally forces us to feel unguarded, vulnerable, unprotected. It’s just this very fact – derived fr(om) Direct Experience – that c(om)peting and/or challenging ourselves in the wildness makes us stronger.” – steve ilg, […]
pic: Coach Hannah of Durango Nordic Team took this pic of Dewa and your feeble teacher at Gudy’s Rest above my chi-ldhood h(om)e drainage; Junction Creek during Team Training on Saturday. my chi-ldhood h(om)e was about 1.25 inches left of Dewa’s left wrist in this photo. Dewa crushed the 8-mile out-and-back to Gudy’s in […]
Most Noble Sangha, last night… a Ruby Throated Hummingbird at 8,390′ last night in South Fork, Colorado while camping with Dewachen… this pic extracted fr(om) ilg’s video on my my social media today… Blessed Be Thy Practice… { }
mere M(om)ents after earning Her 4th consecutive Honor Roll and Good Conduct Award, Dewa shifted gears… and posted up over 7+ miles over a full on asphalt road while taking the time to help Her lower classmates during a 90-minute Fun Run Fundraiser to which ilg reached out to ALL of you on Social Media […]
My Hopi Family taught feeble ilg, “If you’re lucky enough to be a runner? Well then? You are lucky enough!” Your feeble teacher of no-thing was deeeeeeply lucky (Blessed) to run steep and get Pranically high today in a short window of time available between Single Daddying and CareGiving to ilg’s M(om)… made the most […]
pic by coach ilg: moments ago – Dewa crushing the beginning of the semi-tech uphill high point to Meadow Loop with fellow St. Columba schoolmate Annie, hot on her heels. Sangha Note: The following is an edited version of what ilg just sent into St. Columba School as a follow up to my Week […]
pics fr(om) today are screen captures fr(om) ilg’s social media vids… be SURE to follow! feeble ilg’s outdoor athlete journey began at age 8 fr(om) ilg’s parents’ house at the end of paved Junction Creek Road. these pics were taken within that precious upbringing place beneath the Sacred Peak of DibéNitsáá… with so […]