Aditisan’s first words were, “Why does everything sound soooo beautiful?” Aditisan, of course, was referring to the natural sounds of the varied birdsongs tap dancing across the tapestry of Brother Wind and of the song of the Sacred Headwaters rushing south through granite canyons as if intent upon meeting a much, much Higher appointment.
so, i’m pedaling north on Main after picking up my precious take out from HomeSlice Durango, right? there is this white pickup – you know, the kind of which has nearly run cyclist ilg into ditches for like the past 3 decades? – stalled out in front of Taco Bell (the equivalent of wet cat […]
pic: Harvest Moon outside my Temple H(om)e Office…a story i used to tell to my pet wolf as we lay beside Junction Creek beneath a canopy of scintillating stars beneath the Sacred Peak of Dibé Nitsaa….it goes something like this:
many many moons ago, in the high peaks of the Mountain Utes, there lived two mountains, indescribably beautiful. one was yang…he rested in full sunshine most of the year and all eyes of all animals were transported to his sharp yet gracefully intimidating summit spire. the other mountain was yin…she seemed to shy away from Grandfather Sky’s warm reach preferring to remain in moist shade. they fell in love and through their lovemaking which all other beings, including the Mountain Utes, felt as a series of earthquakes. a magnificent child mountain was soon born, whom they called, Aditisan (Navajo for Listener)
Oh, i did cross the Finish Line…
unlike more than half the peleton who quit. i was the last in the Lead Group and damned proud of it! Especially considering i was congested and not feeling my typical Chi! We are only as go(o)d as we are on our ‘bad’ days…i finished in the Lead Group, just behind Dale K…the leader of the 50+ cat while more than half the peleton had quit the intense conditions, and more importantly, i hung through those Bardo Entry conditions for over 2hours with pro level, sport specific cyclists…chalk yet another spiritual victory up for all Wholsitic Fitness® athletes everywhere!
Going into today’s Road Time Trial…
i was still holding onto 2nd place…yet in the TT, i would find a TT specialist that would out perform me and threaten my Overall Standing…
May Go(o)d Bless All Those Intelligent Enough To Sweat Daily…
oh, there are plenty of B&B rooms available in my Mecca….yet? what ilg offers goes waaaaay beyond some sterile room! book now! just released this price to the internet and already am booking months in advance!
He created “Wholistic Fitness®” in 1981 and reached 7 World Championships in 5 different sports (a feat which remains untouched); all this is after self-healing himself from spinal paralysis. He broke his back as a result of 50-foot fall during a winter mountaineering attempt on Longs Peak, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
OUTSIDE Magazine: “Ilg has achieved mastery in more sports than most of us will ever try.” Considered by international media as a pioneering Coach/Athlete/Author, Ilg is known by his legions as a, “Master Mountain Yogi”
wish ilg Go(o)dspeed tomorrow in the DWC Championship Road Race…likely in the rain/wind…will be using all my Apache Trainings (see above pic for precisely what my chi-ldhood Wolf Guru looked like…courtesy of Joy Kilpatrick). It’s a Blessing to race at this level, at this age, after such a Blessed Life…you too! Count Thy Blessings…Mindfulness or else….
..might be my age…might be my wearied resume..might be the fact that i am a new daddy of a 6 year-old and rely on bodywork and teaching yoga to attempt to provide for my family, whatever the reasons, ilg feels the conditions were a bit way too warrant a TT on the fancy (read; hard to control) TT bikes and flooded/windy conditions. ilg agrees with the call tonight…TT’s should be about solo fitness; not attrition via subjective conditions…
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