A(nother) indelible Daddy/Daughter Warrior(ess) karmic/samskaric m(om)ent captured in squence by Sandra Lee…yesterday at the infamous and now 40th running of the Kendall Mountain Race! been racing this esteemed hallowed race since ilg was a kid, and yesterday? my own kid helped my lame ass to the finish line and inflamed her OWN desire to race […]
ilg may be small,yet? ilg is fierce… kinda like a Giant Killer… sign ilg up! Interviewer after my victory: “Coach ilg; you are an icon of 4-corner multi-sport fitness at age 55…what does it feel like to get another Overall Win 10 years later at this same race?” ilg: “Honestly? as a yogi? Mountain Duathlon to […]
Sacred Effort happened…1st Place AG, 6th Overall at Snow Mountain Stampede 50k…3 hours, 57 minutes of high end Bardo Training! we had to cross country ski UP 7k of an alpine ski resort after racing 40k’s in whiteout conditions…too tired to write more … THANK YOU ALL who contributed monetarily and/or spiritually to this […]
all pics by Joy Kilpatrick…GREAT JOB, AMMAJI!!!… Team Ilg! oh man, what it takes to get both yourself AND your kid to the Start Line!? phew! reckon that’ll be my warmup again! — at Durango Nordic Track. Well, Yesterday’s race day certainly was wholistic! chaotic, hard, sacred, tricky, and somewhat embarrassing! Finished 6th OA, […]
as a kid on the Durango Ski Team, i used to LOATHE the bus drive to Leadville to compete in the nordic combined (Jumping and Cross Country)…as a young man, i thrived on Leadville Snowshoe Race Series, the World Mountain Snowshoe Championships, and the first 3 races of the Leadville 100 MTB race ….nowadaze? […]
God granted feeble ilg two strong arms. Connected to two strong legs via a well-conditioned core and a Meditation-empowered mind all of which was (had to be) developed after I was paralyzed. The other day ilg was Blessed enough to use my strong arms for a fist pump and a grasp on a(nother) crystal […]
Race Report 7th Annual Winter Warrior 10k Snowshoe Race Saturday, January 28, 2017 Durango Nordic Center Men’s Course Record Remains, But Not The Ladies! The stunning ‘bluebird’ sky on race morning turned out to be a mirror of the collective effort of 60 snowshoe racers; cold, sacred, and dazzling! 32 Ladies and 22 Men […]
feeble ilg all-ways seems to have the Weminuche Deities with me when racing in Pagosa Springs, Colorado…my old h(om)etown! Not sure, but I think I just took Overall Silver at the National Push-Your-Fat-Bike-Through-Miles-Of-Soft-Snow Championship! Actually it was this morning’s ‘Dust 2 Fat Bike Race’ in Pagosa Springs, CO and it was a 7-mile very ‘wholistic’ […]
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