Most Treasured Noble Sangha, drove back from Durango last night after racing a 10k Skate (5th place/AG) …just in time for Dewa’s bath time…then, a few winks and off to the Snowshoe races at FNC this morning…chasing winter racing in the SW, baby! got to love it! get out and do… take the Cold Sweat […]
Bend, OR –Racing in the 55-59 Age Group, my old Motorola/Perfection Honda Teammate from Albuquerque, NM, Mike Longmire got 4th place in the 209 Cycle Cross National Championships! A Big WF Tribal CONGRATULATIONS to you, Mike! photos courtesy Mike Longmire
WF Devotee Yogini “Petticoat” Julie at Haridwar (“door” to Shiva), northern india after being blessed by a Hindu priest by the Holy Ganga. photo courtesy Julie Mueller. Dearest Gurujilg: PY’s first el Tour de Tucson, first time riding more than 100 miles, second ever century, first true bike “race”– done in 6:33:57. With one small […]
In Cold Sweat For a 3-Peat Submitted by Tim Allen October, 2009 Tim Allen is the Race Director for the Flagstaff Nordic Center Flagstaff Yoga Teacher and Outdoor Athlete Steve Ilg is on a mission to 3-Peat as the Arizona State Nordic Ski Champion. Above photo; ilg inline skiing near his home above Flagstaff, AZ. […]
all text and photos by coach ilg…taken today…click to enlarge the chi hits… When a mountain biker, or more appropriately for this time of the year; a cycle-cross racer encounters an obstacle on the path, we do not lose faith and begin to doubt. We have, through Practice, learned to recognize obstacles and difficulties such […]
here i am, photo right, attempting to claim my space as the race course narrows to singletrack only 12 seconds after the Start Gun. you have to know you belong at the front in order to race at the front of a race. same thing in life; you have to know you have the potential […]
i’ve run twice since Imogene Pass. twice. this morning is the Soulstice Mountain Trail Race…right here; beneath the Sacred Peak in Kinlani:the 10k race takes place just out of photo right. i’m gonna make my traditional Duathlon out of it.let the other runners drive.to me, it just seems like the Wholistic thing to do.last year, […]
“Technique is less about restraint,then it is freedom.” – Coach Ilg The WAC Championship Northern Arizona Swim and Dive Team setting a pool record in the first event of the day and went on to win 12 of 16 events en route to a 176-120 win last season over San Diego. Flagstaff, AZ –NAU Swim […]
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