“Come, Noble Daughter! The GREAT NORTH WALLS AWAIT US!” ilg shouted to Dewa at her mom’s house this morning… My daughters first glimpse of The Watch Crystal at East Animas in her h(om)etown of Durango, Colorado… absolutely beyond Honored and DEEEEPLY EMOTIONAL to be 64 and still be introducing such iconic […]
To BE is Sacred… to LIVE is Holy… special gratitude to former Wholistic Fitness® and amazing HS Running Coach; Joseph Sheader for that quote which he sent to ilg in Spanish! LOVE IT! @steveilg #steveilgswholisticfitness #steveilgyoutube #seniorfitness #sanjuanmountains @SanSan ♬ original sound – Zoya Nature is all-Ways perfect… these Columbine Beings – even […]
*** Dear Kind and Compassionate Community, It is with a huge sigh of relief that we share Dewa’s heart results have come back clear and healthy. The echocardiogram did show a valvular pulmonary leakage, which we’ve been told is quite common in many individuals. The key takeaway is that it can be triggered by […]
old and withering, yet, still light years stronger across the 5 Noble Fitness Disciplines of Wholistic Fitness® than most guys 40 years younger… Wholistic Fitness® creates kinesthetic and physiologic plasticity as the decades fly by whereas Sport Specificity decreases it. hit the Iron Temple the day after a high intensity trail run…knew a recovery CV […]
Pic of ilg, ‘thumbless pull-ups’; TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION (Hyperion/Disney, 2004) by Steve Ilg. Might still have the “thumbless pull up world record” with 48 consecutive ones?! Who’s keeping track of these absolutely meaningless records except for the warrior performing them? the day started off just fine, really it did… woke up before dawn […]
when it finally sunk into feeble ilgs last few brain cells still knocking boots up in that precious hemisphere we know as the Skull that Dewa was literally gonna Be Here Now back in Durango? Alongside ilg? My former Shadow returning from the months long darkness of Her at college 1,205 miles away? Reckon it was […]
there are solid reasons why feeble ilg was scared to the core and hunkering in White Thunder this morning moments afore the Start Gun before my final chance to win the second of the two season long Nordic Race Series that are the goals of any Nordic Ski Racer in the American Southwest… find out why, […]
This Weeks Video link https://youtu.be/51KXchb1Lo8 10-minutes: Enjoy and be inspired by the ever graceful, ever GRIT-full Dewachen Ilg as we hit the long road again during an epic winter storm to get “The Horse” to Aspen, Colorado; the site of Dewa’s final Jr. National race of this amazing season! Talk about NEVER GIVING UP!?!? […]
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