Literally The Perfect Post Final Nordic Race recovery sesh ever… If you have followed ilg since 1981? You know by now, that TRANSFORMATION is what makes ilg wet…. It’s my lifeblood; be it transforming an athlete higher, transforming a bodywork client outta pain, transforming an unsustainable trail into a sustainable trail for the generations […]
ilg’s Winter Racing Series Results; 2025/26 55+ AG Champion at age 63: SouthWest Nordic Race Series 60-69 AG Runner Up (by 2pts): Grand Mesa Nordic Race Series • GMNRS #1 + SWNRS #1: Winter Start – 5k CL – 32/66, 5th AG • SWNRS #2: Pagosa Cabin Fever – Jan 10 – 20k FS […]
there are solid reasons why feeble ilg was scared to the core and hunkering in White Thunder this morning moments afore the Start Gun before my final chance to win the second of the two season long Nordic Race Series that are the goals of any Nordic Ski Racer in the American Southwest… find out why, […]
Winter Park, CO – Friday, March 6th, 2026 – Travel Day (pic; Byers Canyon, near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado) “winter drive…over 7 high mountain passes, 250 miles, much of which was only ilg and the snowplows… visibility limited to 10m… loved it…” detail; accumulated Snow Beings disengaged from White Thunder after arriving in […]
Event: Langlauf Nordic Marathon 30k (one our nation’s longest running Nordic Marathons at nearly 50 years) Date: Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 Location: Durango Nordic Center Elevation: 8,793′ Snow Situation: 58% of recent snowpack decimated in past 78 hours Race Course Status: Extreme – the first lap of the 4×7.5 kilometer course absolutely terrifying for […]
this morning at Cedaredge Motel (ele; “6230′) gazing up at the race venue on Grand Mesa (ele; 11,237′)… pondering yet another great perhaps if ilg could hold onto my 1st Place AG position with 2 more races left in the Series. Day After Valentine’s, 2026… Cedaredge, Colorado… Since this is the first “winter”(*1) racing without Dewachen […]
In keeping with history, the season opener of the Southwest Nordic Race Series – sponsored by Rossignol – lived up to its harsh Race Day conditions. Due to low (as in, zero) snow at the original Colman Park venue in Pagosa Springs, the ski racers needed to toe a start line at 10,500′ to find […]
Dewa Ilg (photo right; with her Dad/Coach) nabbed 2nd Place in Women’s Overall as her Dad took a strong step to defending his 60+ podium at season opener “WinterStart 5k Classic” at Grand Mesa Nordic Ski Area last Sunday *** According to Durango native and author of THE WINTER ATHLETE, Coach Steve Ilg, “For a […]
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