ilg feels cOMpassion for all those cyclists and runners and dryland triathletes which refuse the nordic snows and spend all winter on indoor trainers like so many rats in a lab…oooooh!
Confused by beauty (5)
Scintillated by It All (7)
Ice melts, so do we (5)
– pic and haiku by ilg
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i released this pic and Haiku on my personal Facebook Page..nearly immediately 37 warriors chimed in..i offered a free DVD to the person writing a
haiku about the picture presented…the winner was Durangatang and HP Yogini Devotee, Jacqueline B who submitted:
• Full Wolf Moon – January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.
Many of you know ilg’s story…one of my first Dharma Teachers, Guru’s, and Beloved Mentor, Friend, and cOMpatriot during my chi-ldhood years growing up here in Durango was my precious wolf hybrid; Apache. i’ve …
when was the last time you out-sprinted a teenager after running a heart rate of 166+ for 50 minutes at 9,000’…and WON!?!
“Your suffering is my suffering
and your happiness is my happiness.”
~ Siddhārtha Gautama
waxed Swix® LF8 on top of HF7 from Chama, with a top layer of HF8 for tomorrow’s Langlauf Ski Race…before i was dad? i’d put picture of Norwegian Ski Racers above my waxing table to ‘get psyched’…nowdays? i just…
Coach,
i am confused by the beauty of this photo of yours…can you provide a Haiku for it?
“Green Tara baby! Its on like donkey kong! I can’t wait to send you some pics where you can see your work and inspiration in me. You and your teachings keep me sane. Thank you sir! I can’t wait to get a job (been out of work for over a year) and join the member area of WF. Wishing you the best of days sir!”
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