*** 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 […]
backdrop: after winning the 60+AG and 2nd OA at the Shiprock Marathon Elder Run, ilg has not taken a rest day. today did Lower Body Strength Training; can’t load video here, so see my Strava or IG or FB. the technique that you see feeble ilg engaging during Leg Extensions is a RECOVERY […]
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-support-dewas-heart-journey Dewa on a heart monitor looking for several things but mostly any valvular regurgitation… as Daddy it just hurts soooo much when it’s your kid (now, 1,300 miles away) going through Big Stuff instead of me, yet, ilg knows… our karma is our karma, our lessons to be learned this time around are […]
Gary is the Snail Being in lower left of Bubbles’ aquarium Please welcome(om)e the latest ‘Rescue Being’ to the Ilg Clan… meet GARY! Gary (in keeping with the SpongeBob theme of Bubble’s aquarium) is either a male or female (TBD) Pomacea bridgesii – also known as a ‘mystery snail’ so named because their […]
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 […]
well, after yesterday’s tragic scare? (Daddy actually had White Thunder packed and ready to roll east to Iowa today!!!) this text (above) fr(om) Dewa super encouraging… however, before celebrating with a big “PHEW… THAT WAS WEIRD!!” we are awaiting the doctors official result/summary… if he/she signs off on D’s heart issue, she can’t race […]
Each Spring at my trail work kingdom (aka; Edgemont Highlands…kinda like the Beverly Hills hovering over the relative paupers of Durango) over which feeble ilg reigns solo Chief Trail Director/Worker there arrives what ilg has termed, “Dumpster Season”… a 2-week period within which the rich (and often snippety) residents of Edgemont Highlands are graced […]
Yup, #thewrinklesarereal yet not gonna shy away fr(om)… this pic features one of America’s most accomplished, reliable, and capable nearly 64 year-old gastrocnemius … sure, she and her twin sister are getting old and wrinkled, yet? if you’ve been following the Blog (let alone the Vlog)? you know by now that aging has only […]
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