Pic by Dewa (11); Start of the Wolf Creek Rando… “my Daddy had to start in last row because of him taking amazing care of me…sorry Daddy!” Pic by Sandra Lee; Dewa helping her Daddy toward the Finish Line and a spot on the Overall Short Course Podium! Selfie; three hours post racing […]
pic by feeble ilg today of HP Yogini Sandra Lee cherishing secret high hot springs water and sacred snows after a 1,000′ vert grind toward 13,000’… as a full-blood Navajo, the drought has hit Sandra hard as she knows what life is like on the Rez growing up without running water or electricity… […]
Ghąąjį’ can be translated as the “Back to back”. This was considered the division of summer and winter. Some have explained that the word comes from the saying Dził bighą́ąjį’ yiidzaaz, the mountains have become snow covered. It was said that when the names of the seasons were being created a Holy Being looked at […]
It’s remarkable what happens when chlorophyll stops photosynthesizing… Autumnal beauty so potent it’s exhausting… #canwinterpleasecomeback#ilgswholisticfitness #runsteepgethigh #bodyhealthoptimized #tailwindnutrition#durangorunningcompany #pineneedlemountaineering #getoutside#livewhereyoulove #hokatrail #cryomedspadurango
this morning: 6th Place AG on a Course Profile that was not steep ’nuff nor techy ’nuff to suit your feeble teacher of no-thing…yet? finishing off the podium inspired, spiritually, ilg way more than if ilg did… Whatever you want? Wants you! ilg wants the Sport Specific’s cuz? ilg knows by 35+ years […]
your feeble teacher’s Hopi family taught feeble ilg a special word fr(om) their language; NAHONGVITA in English, the word makes for a paltry translation at best…think; “Engaged Inner Strength.” feeble ilg managed to grab the above pic while racing alongside Dewachen (10) at Saturday’s Hopi Footrace at Oraivi. This race, put on by famed […]
“Great things are done when {WO}men and mountains meet…” – William Blake pic by feeble ilg of {L-R} HP Yoginis; Katrina, Charlotte, Caroline Saturday, at the Finish Line of the local CLASSIC since ilg was a kid; the Kennebec Mountain Race • 15 miles • 3,100′ vert • over 12,200′ summit NONE of the above […]
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet…” – William Blake When we choose to climb upwards the obvious Metaphor seems to scintillate even the most spiritually impoverished. it hurts. it burns. you can’t wait for it be over. yet s(om)ething about the burning intensity during an ascent? enkindles s(om)ething ever Higher within […]
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