my final Vert Gain was: 87,915′ (Everest x3!) total miles: 182.80 total time spent uphill: 2 days, 7 hours over 40 efforts.final result; 1st place 50-59, 11th OA out of 348 international racers pic courtesy steve ilg/south rib, Hogsback Durango Herald: What made you want to go after this challenge this year? ilg: 1) Spiritual ignorance and […]
pic by WF Master Student Kavík of ilg on Christmas Day CHURNING OUT consecutive Triple Day Workouts to surge at the month-long finish of the Merry Vertmas International Vertical Gain Race by Aravaipa Running®. RACE RULES: Gain as much Vertical Feet on your own two feet as you possible can from Dec 1 – Dec.25 […]
feeble ilg and my other competitors in the international Merry Vertmas Race (Dec 1-25) are likely ALL wishing for the same holiday gift as ilg! currently have ascended over 55,000′ vertical feet since Dec.1 and feeling it. edgy. small shit bugs me. seems like Murphy’s Law is ilgs shadow. probably about 145 lbs […]
Steve Ilg’s YouTube Video link: https://youtu.be/U5p0GaaTcA8 Premiering Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6a MST! under 12-minutes; treat you to my Crew Leaders’ insider look at Durango’s acclaimed “Sky Steps” and then s(om)e technical laps up my backyard mountain; Hogsbag, which will be pivotal virtual racing terrain as i Toe the Cyber Start Line […]
pandemic: life upended, language transformed 2020 has been, well, a lot. At Dictionary.com, the task of choosing a single word to sum up 2020—a year roiled by a public health crisis, an economic downturn, racial injustice, climate disaster, political division, and rampant disinformation—was a challenging and humbling one. But at the same time, our choice […]
ilgVlog85: My Bodyhealth® Supplement Routine+Purg Opening Day/Horsing Around! Video link 10+ minutes; begins with straight up no-nonsense direct line feed about the organic, high potency supplements fr(om) BodyHealth that ilg relies upon everyday to still feel and perform several decades younger! Vlog then dovetails into pre-OPENING DAY AT PURGATORY SKI RESORT with me before closing […]
ilgVlog84: Skimo and…the Mechanics of Meditation! Vlog premieres on Monday, November 23 at 730a MST: MAKE SURE you are SUBSCRIBED and CLICK the Gray Notification Bell! https://youtu.be/UhXnzSn1DwE round it off to 20-minutes: Gotta say? Perhaps ilg’s best Vlog EVER!!! Why? Cuz? This Vlog epitomizes the wholistic diversity of ilg’s lifework… Juxtaposes SkiMo with […]
One of feeble ilg’s most precious English words: Resilience. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Today, ilg ran up Smelter fr(om) RiverPad (my h(om)e near the Skate Park). Felt solid up the mountain, then, coming back through the Dog Park, was starting to dismantle. This broken back yogi’s right hip (4 career road […]
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