Durango Nordic Center was witness to a world-class 6th edition of the Winter Warrior 10k snowshoe race contested by a stacked, national-class field which resulted in a nail-biting epic battle upon the sacred snows in the most grueling of all endurance sports between rookie snowshoer yet supremely talented FLC Cross-Country runner, Christian Gering against back-to-back Durango Double Marathon winner and seasoned snowshoe racer, Anthony Kunkel in the Men’s Race.
DURANGO TV will be filming on Race Day…What an amazingly talented field of national/world class athletes already signed up as well as those whose goal is just to walk the 5k! My treasured donators are REALLY steppin’ up again and our renown raffle prizes? Awesomeness! BLESSED! Please support my race! Need course marshals/volunteers! c’mon! join our Crazy Wisdom Parade to benefit the Durango Youth Nordic Ski Team!
Another resplendent example of how feeble Feeble Ilg is: tonight’s Club “Ride” (read; balls out racing). the 38-person peleton approaches “The Wall” (300-meters @ 14%) at high speed. my Ahamkara (Ego Self) is all like, “Ahhh, i’m typically good on this headwall, why don’t i stay where i’m at and just sit in the pack […]
“If you want to win the Human Race? you gotta stay focused on Enlightenment. You’ve been graced this Human Incarnation from your countless lives of competing since you did what it took to split the cell…don’t give up your Practice, drive deep into your weaknesses and develop wholeness because wholeness is the foundation of Enlightenment.”
by the Turn Around point at 7.6 miles? i knew i was going strong; sure i had moments of weakness…ahamkara (ego) pleading, “Stop this pain! Less pressure! you’ll blow up on the final climb!” and other such egoic bullshit. The Wholistic Fitness® cure for such lower mind antics? Mantra. Recenter on the Breath. Keep the Cadence…surrender to the wind, the rain, the mud…and i did. Felt Eagle Medicine sweep me through the highly dangerous final curve into the final 3k climb…i settled willingly into the Pain Cave wherein the Noble Silence empowered my pedaling…
Yesterday at 10,910’… surrounded by my lifelong friends; cold, snow, and high heart rate! Felt fleet, felt a sense of Wu-Wei – effortless effort – and raced to a top 10% of all 400+ finishers…today? well, not so much…
DAY TWO: 2nd Stage of the IRON HORSE BICYCLE CLASSIC – CIRCUIT RACE.
in bike racing there is an oft recited catchphrase; “Sometimes you are the hammer, and sometimes? Well you’re the {explicative} nail.”
this morning? feeble ilg was the latter.
in fact, i finished very nearly DEAD LAST!
finished in 3:03, 26th out of over 500 registrants and over 450 starters. i liked the math going into tomorrow.
most of all? i LOVED seeing my family at the Finish Line; Dewa going crazy with love while holding up her hand-written sign which read, “GO DAD GO!!”
such is why we race.
wish me Godspeed tomorrow and keep your Wholistic Fitness practices strong.
they work.
trust me.
SNOWSHOE MAGAZINE FEATURED ARTICLE: Transcending the Winter Warrior Written by benbrashear Published on March 28, 2015 Ben Breasher, faithful Journalist Warrior, shown here in red giving Noble Chase to eventual winner; Lee Rosenthal (elite cyclist/HP Yogi) in blue, and Drew Gunn – an Hardrock 100 racer during my “Winter Warrior 10k” last […]
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