Wholistic Fitness

As i drilled the descent through the Stadium for Lap Two, Clay had 20 seconds on me…by the end? Well, i ‘thought i had time,” to make up the snow-covered real estate on Lap 2 to bridge up to him and challenge him for a sprint finish yet that turned out to be fantasy against such a veteran champion like Clay.

Same thing in spiritual training; we THINK we have more years ahead of us to meditate, to begin to formulate and fortify the filaments of consciousness which propel us into our next incarnation ‘when we have more time,” yet? that is a fallacy. there is no more time coming…we could each die tomorrow and the volume and intensity of our Meditation Efforts accumulated into the one mOMent of our passing into The Next is precisely what sets the astral stage for our Bardo Race toward Enlightenment….

you ready?

set?

to Go?!??!

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Still the King…kinda…of Chama Ski Classic; Feb. 11-12, 2014

• Overall Winner; 7.5k Freestyle
• Silver Medalist; King of Mountain Competition (10k Classic into 5k Snowshoe)
• 2nd Place Overall; 10k Classic
• 1st place AG; 10k Classic
• 3rd Place AG; 5k Snowshoe

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C(om)mitment to an effort is a hard thing for many to accept. It is easier to just go skiing or snowshoeing than it is to train for skiing and snowshoeing. Then again, it’s easier to just eat a Snickers bar than to will oneself not to. Easier to just get drunk and forget problems than to stand sober to their challenge. For those who have touched bliss through the discipline of training there is no longer a question of “easier” or “harder.” There is only the Path Higher. For those who battle against mainstream mediocrity born from an addiction to comfort and duality a sagacious fulfillment of a much Higher sort is realized. It is..

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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…

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Full Wolf Moon – January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside some Native American villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as

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i had ‘That Feeling’ which athletes s(om)etimes get on Race Day…

it’s a feeling that…

well, even if we don’t gain the podium?

we’re gonna extract some deep down suffering from the cells of our competitors…

today, with a 4 week-old knee MCL injury that sends most scrambling to surgery …today? ilg Felt It and It was SPECTACULAR!

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ilg’s Winter Race Season so far; 2013/14

all races done on a Grade II MCL knee injury:

1st place; Snowshoe; Vertical Hour, December 14, Hesperus, CO
1st place; 7.5k Classic; World’s Highest Nordic Biathlon, December 15, Wolf Creek Pass, CO
1st place, 50+ Mens; Coke Race #1, 8k Classic, December 28, Purgatory, CO
2nd Place OA, 1st Place Mens, Vertical Hour #2 Snowshoe; January 5th, Hesperus, CO

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Happy 84th to my precious M(om)…may feeble ilg be so ALIVE with the CHI as her…and yes, that is my 55 year-old older sis, Constance Ilg with my M(om)…and a Happy 45th to my little brother Craig who was born on my M(om)’s b-day! — with Constance Ilg.

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