Durango Nordic Center was witness to a world-class 6th edition of the Winter Warrior 10k snowshoe race contested by a stacked, national-class field which resulted in a nail-biting epic battle upon the sacred snows in the most grueling of all endurance sports between rookie snowshoer yet supremely talented FLC Cross-Country runner, Christian Gering against back-to-back Durango Double Marathon winner and seasoned snowshoe racer, Anthony Kunkel in the Men’s Race.
“Are you okay Mommy if i go?”
Joy looked at her daughter through her sweat-soaked eyes and replied,
“Darling Girl? You GO, get that racer! I’ll see you at the Finish Line, my Love!!!” as her shouting voice trailed off into the divine reverberations of a snow-clad Cascade Canyon…
This came in from my Brother From A Different Mother, Mark Twight….
some of you may recognize the name…author of many top selling books such as “Kiss and Kill”. Extreme mountaineering. Mark also trained all the utterly ripped and muscular bodies appearing in an Academy Award winning movie. i professionally trained Mark for a short time during his famed mountaineering career and influenced his now-famed approach to training. Here is his letter to me today, sparked by a pic on my Facebook and/or Winter Warrior 10k race which is coming up this Saturday!
DURANGO TV will be filming on Race Day…What an amazingly talented field of national/world class athletes already signed up as well as those whose goal is just to walk the 5k! My treasured donators are REALLY steppin’ up again and our renown raffle prizes? Awesomeness! BLESSED! Please support my race! Need course marshals/volunteers! c’mon! join our Crazy Wisdom Parade to benefit the Durango Youth Nordic Ski Team!
the moment i begin to teach meditation to a new student, they usually ask about my own spiritual benchmarks. i’m obligated not to share too much, for in doing so would only empower my ahamkara (egoic sheath) and color my student’s meditation journey which is not my SvaDharma (Sacred Duty)…
our peleton (20 warriors and warrioresses tonight!) shares a sacredly fun hour along any one of our imaginary outdoor rides we do in the summer…stop by if you are willing and able…let me know if you’d like a video to be made of one of my classes for my out of town Tribal Brothers and Sisters…
super stoked to be the featured guest on Mike Brook’s “ClimbTalk” Show tonight! 9:45pm at KVCU 1190 AM Boulder/Denver…or visithttp://www.radio1190.org/ and press the live stream button Feeble ilg when i was not so feeble…mid-eighties, Boulder, CO…i could get on podiums of bodybuilding, ultra-marathons, and free solo some of the most difficult climbs in the […]
what i learned from last weekend’s race as i enter my 8th year as a Daddy….
1) never race to your expected levels if you just jump into a race underprepared
2) prioritize what is most import (taking care of your chi-ilds multi-dimensional needs) and re-calibrate everything about your own performance from that baseline…which will be categorically different (on the lesser performance side of things) than when you were NOT a Conscious Daddy….
3) have a quick memory Let-Go button in your brain…
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