“Your suffering is my suffering
and your happiness is my happiness.”
~ Siddhārtha Gautama
Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within… Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…
“One word, ANIMAL!” says National MTB Champion Joe Burtoni about my effort to regain my former King of the Mountain title at last weekend’s Chama Ski Classic. ilg lost the title by not being fast enough in the snowshoe..yet, as i tell my 5 year-old daughter, “Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within,”..she gets it. do you? Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…
2011/12 HP Yogini of the Year, Sandra Lee gettin’ it done to bring h(om)e a 1st place AG in her first Chama appearance…next year? ilg wants to see YOU on this Sacred Sweat Pilgrimage…and don’t tell me you ‘can’t snowshoe’!!! c’mon! pic by Pat Hogan — at 40th Annual Chama Chile Ski Classic. watch for my exclusive interview with Dawa coming soon only to WF Members!
due to technical difficulties at pulling off a massive weekend of racing with over 250 racers at 10,000′? it’s okay to have technical difficulties…
here is what ilg knows (unofficially) thus far from one of my most enduring and beloved winter racing events in the Southwest:
…and, i get the privilege of attempting to defend an overall title…and at 51? such privileges don’t cOMe by too often anymore!
word on the snow is that National Cycling Champion, Howard Grotts is gunning to toe the Start Line of my Winter Warrior Snowshoe Race this Feb. 9th. in fact, he is coming to my Snowshoe Clinic this weekend, “to learn some technique”..that makes 2 National Champions, (Travis Brown, being the other) that realize the value of high intensity sport snowshoeing to their off-season cycling fitness by toeing my Start Line…how about you?
Beginning where i left off last winter; On The Podium, baby! 4th Overall fastest time plus a Silver Medal (AG) on a course that was dirt 24 hours earlier! Can’t say enough about the Durango Nordic Center’s snow and race crew! Also can’t give enough thanks for Wholistic Fitness® for this early season podium! Sunrider Secret Herbs, MAP Aminos, and Asea Sacred Water…and of course, HP Yoga®, especially the priceless HP PROP Workouts®! Thanks to my faithful sponsors; Fischer, Swix, and Tailwind!
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