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remember i told you that Durango’s Tad Elliot – son of Mike…my ski coach who you read about in my books – won America’s biggest nordic race; the Birkebeiner….well, i found this fantastic post race
interview with Tadd and his two American podium shareholders talking about breaking ski poles, course conditions, and ‘amping up’ those Norwegian dudes… Tad’s interview skills are getting polished by the victory,
giving up for his ski maker and his grinder…check it if you’re into such nordic warriorism:

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(All Access)  Dawa, Suparna, and how well they Get WF Chi…

I can honestly say I Was There…
WF Master Student Suparna after c(om)pleting her first half-marathon…

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why we Warriors do the things we do…it ain’t about podiums, or ribbons, or course records…it’s about the memories etched into our Souls from the Sacred Sweat we spill after we do what it takes to Toe The Start Lines…

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There are tools that the Ancients have bequeathed us to keep us tapped into the present….such as Conscious Breath and Posture (the first of my 4 Lifestyle Principles). When racing, when loving, when driving, when being? Just do this, okay? Trust the Breath…and all will be better than okay. pic; ilg after crushing another Course Record and a 5k Overall Win at the Pagosa Nordic Winterfest age nearly age 50.

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WF Master Student Padma: Tsidool 2012 Bardo Training Race Report!

How a WF Master Student ‘actively recovers’ from chopping 36+ minutes off her time in a 75-kilometer winter quadrathlon; Padma crankin’ some sweet 3+ Waterfall Ice in Utah the other day…

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bRad’s Tsidool Race Report!

HP Yogi Brad “bRad” Tafoya on his first Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon solo attempt; summit-baggin’ Heartbreak Hill and approaching Transition #3; the Snowshoe to the top

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Day One of Two: 2nd to an Olympian?  ilg will take dat!

i dunno… at this Blessed Point in my current incarnation? finishing Silver Medalist to Travis Brown, Olympic Mountain Biking and Nordic Champion is just a little waaaaay too much for feeble broken back, former paralytic ilg to even connect the Dots…let alone the fact that my new Daddy Duties and lingering 80% head congestion has completely destroyed any type of optimal prep for the brutally delicious 10k nordic slugfest today at the 9,000′ Durango Nordic venue…chalk it up to…

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After 8 years, 8 podiums…ilg leaves the Mt. Taylor Pilgrimage to Padma and bRad…

must say…pensiveness runs rampant like the Tsangpo through my cells tonight…after 8 consecutive years and at least as many as double that over my lifetime, ilg is leaving my Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon Pilgrimage to the capable spirits of Julie “Padma” Mueller (2nd consecutive Mt. Taylor) and Tsidool rookie yet willing Warrior; Brad “bRad” Tafoya…

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