think bicycle racing is tough? phfff. think nordic ski racing is tough? guess again. running? uh…..kindygarten. ashtanga/power/hot yoga? c’mon; and you best bring your Mula Bandha! Cycle Crosser’s? uh what, y’all run for like uh, 30 seconds max? you don’t know deep, sacred, delicious pain, until you’ve raced on Sport Snowshoes… c’mon…bring your off season […]
RACE DAY IS ONE MONTH OUT! in anticipatory celebration of my 3rd (and now National Qualifier!) Winter Warrior Snowshoe Race right here in my Beloved H(om)etown of Durango, my family and i invite you to our first-ever (because ‘inaugural’ is too hard to spell) Winter Warrior Campfire Snowshoe Workout (aka; WWCSW); this sunday evening at 5pm. […]
running in snowshoes (5)
snowflake falls upon sandstone (7)
mountain chill feels Go(o)d (5)
word on the snow is that National Cycling Champion, Howard Grotts is gunning to toe the Start Line of my Winter Warrior Snowshoe Race this Feb. 9th. in fact, he is coming to my Snowshoe Clinic this weekend, “to learn some technique”..that makes 2 National Champions, (Travis Brown, being the other) that realize the value of high intensity sport snowshoeing to their off-season cycling fitness by toeing my Start Line…how about you?
for WF.com Members ONLY here is my choreography of what we did…you can mimic a similar class on your own, using it. note that in reverse direction (what else is new about ilg, right?) i hammered the students with 20+ minutes of wholistic core work in the style of HP Yoga® BEFORE spinning to pre-fatigue the core and THEN superimpose the 60-minute high intensity SPIN! this is old-school WF philosophy, and, trust me; it worked as well this morning as it did over 30 years ago!
here you go:
Brotha’s y’ Sista’s!
Though it runs against my “America’s Outdoor Athlete*” reputation, spiritual lineage, and my inner tendencies to spin indoors (which, BTW, is precisely why God created nordic ski racing!), feeble ilg is attempting to hold down the fort for our most preciously sweet and huge-of-lung and fleet-of-foot Swede, Marisa Asplund, this Saturday morning at 8:15am for her amazing 90-minute spin/core workout at the Durango Rec Center.
allWays a distinct honor to give an overnight bunk to one of our Tribe’s most devoted students! Warrior Leaf executed the option to share a
half-day training camp with me before resuming his eastward travels…
here are a few shots..enjoy and be sure to schedule YOUR unique WF Half-Day Winter Sport Training Camp!
How Blessed C(om)e the inner rewards to the families who do what it takes to get out and do?
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