With the Giro de Italia (won in 1988 by WF Student Andy Hampsten the first and only American to win this Grand Tour) going on in all her full, Italian Racing glory and bickering…the month long Grand Tour is giving ilg all sorts of inpsiration for my 09 bike racing debut this coming weekend in […]
click to enlarge the pics and may this inspire your Practice today… DL Celebrity and World Class athlete; Lisa Goldsmith checks in with our humble Headquarters after her recent appearance at the Boston Marathon. Lisa, a multi-national trail and peak running champion, does not often take on ‘flat landers’… here is what our Fleet Footed […]
Flagstaff’s Teresa Hunt and Steve Ilg both defended their State Nordic Championshiptitles during Sunday’s 10-kilometer Freestyle/Skate Race at the Flagstaff Nordic Center.photo for the AZ Daily Sun by Tim Allen. WF Sangha!i did it! pheewwwww…..i had ZERO legs and no top end today…brick heavy…had to rely on the WF CHI and kept the Title in […]
WHOLENESS PREVAILS OVER SPORT SPECIFICITY AGAIN!!! one week after a top showing at Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon; Coach Pulls Off A Defense of his title by the narrowest of margins and the deepest of tenacity! Details, Pictures, and the Unsinkable Warrior Ilg’s Own Report coming up in DIRECT LINES!
Tad Elliot (photo by Salomon), son of my own childhood coach; 3-time Nordic Olympian Mike Elliot of Durango. I recall holding Tad in my arms when he was a baby. Today? In my book? Tad is without a doubt, the absolute coolest Under-23 Stud currently residing on this Plane(t). I can say this because I, […]
click to enlarge “There Is No Pain Like Mt. Taylor Top 20 Pain…” – a sacredly withered coach moments after posting a 4:47, 16th Overall Finish at Saturday’s Mt.Taylor Winter Quadrathlon. photo by Craig Ilg. Full story and pics coming to DIRECT LINES Subscribers!
Grants, New MexicoSaturday Evening Post Most Noble Sangha,wow.okay, it’s been 20 years since i’ve cracked the Top 20 of this Race, and let me tell you right spanking now:“There is no pain, like Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon Top 20 Pain!” my fingers can still barely function well enough to get this to you, and i […]
i can barely grok the fact that today i climb into Bala – who’ll be packed like a Grand Canyon Mule with skis, bike, snowshoes, and cold weather gear – and head east across my beloved sparse, high desert to contest the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon which has by now, become an ilg signature event. […]
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