It was Dewa’s voice that rose from the bunch,
“Did he kill him?!”
so, tonight, our newly crowned Race Director (non-local) shortened tomorrow’s Iron Horse Bicycle Classic from Silverton to Purgatory Ski Resort…where, supposedly, our heroes like Ned Overend, Todd Wells, Marisa Asplund, et. al… are entitled to enjoy “tons of things to do” at Purgatory/Durango Mountain Resort or whatever they are calling it these Kali Yuga days…well, here’s my take on it…
this is my fervently penned Letter to the Editor of the Durango Herald….it probably won’t get published, so you read it here first…
What Is It That Makes You Feel Strong?
Sit with it for a while…
In the Tradition of Wholistic Fitness®?
Easy Answer: Working on our weaknesses make us stronger…
ilg is going to tell you s(om)ething…
i think you’re strong because you have weaknesses…as do we all…and knowing that, viscerally, is the jumping off place into Wholistic Fitness®…
Leg 2; 5k Run..
… I run as hard as i can upon my season-long injured knee toward the leader, Ott. i feel tranced, as if in some weird white-man contortion of a corn dance, eating up asphalt beneath my flying feet and spitting out pranic corn bread. I dance this 5k softly with conscious breath. With Higher Protection from the care from the WF Deities, my body receives gracefully the impact of a hard 5k on asphalt and i only lose two places to two national class (and much younger) athletes as i enter the Bike Transition in 4th Place overall.
My Tibetan Teachers would say,” The world ends everyday in all sorts of Ways for many Beings in many Realms.”
pic: ilg soaring across Vallecito Lake the other morning by Sandra Lee. the sounds of the Lake were like Tribal Drumbeats beating an Ancient Rhythm into my Souls’ cells during each stride…
Be THERE! or forever suffocate your Winter Warrior!!! HUGE PRIZES, TONS OF FUN!!!
“As a 50+ year-old steadfast student of sustained high heart-rates while immersed in diversified outdoor sports has and continues to reveal more to feeble ilg about the nature of lower mind (manas), ego (ahamkara), and Higher Mind (buddhi) to me than all my university level and personally-pursued studies of comparative religion and spirituality.
“You always see so many beautiful things and rangeland share them I thank you from the bottom of my heart coach”
– Shirley Valdez, OR
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