29.6 miles of running 5,189′ of vert 8.70 hours of running
“Racing is not about winning, it’s about knowing ourselves.” – Steve Ilg, THE WINTER ATHLETE (Johnson Press, 1985) Coach Ilg Race Results Winter: 2021-22 1st Place 55+, 19/56 OA. WinterStart 5k. Grand Mesa, CO. December 4, 2021. 19-minutes at 10,700′ OVERALL 5k CLASSIC CHAMPION, SouthWest Nordic Cup Race #1. Pagosa Lakes, CO. January 8, […]
pic of Steve Ilg, multi-time King of the Mountain, racing at the Chama Chile Ski Classic a few years ago. photo by Pat Hogan. Cumbres Pass, NM – Fresh off a 1-2 father and daughter win at the Purgatory Rando (uphill/downhill) Race the previous weekend, Steve (59) and Dewachen (14) Ilg kept their nordic […]
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2OMZUUsiY ANYBODY that knows ANYTHING about what HAS to be the worlds MOST BEAUTIFUL and BRUTAL 100-mile Ultra!?!?! Knows and LOVES this guy… so honored to interview Dale Garland during last weekend’s Hardrock Hundred! Thank you, Dale and may the rest of you enjoy and benefit from this interview with The […]
Bonus Vid! WHO DOES THIS!??! DYLAN BOWMAN DESTROYS HIS FIRST HARDROCK 100!!! Video link https://youtu.be/N9LuHoIuJ_Y 3 1/2 minutes – WHO DOES THIS!?!?! Toeing his first HR 100 start line, world class and world-loved Dylan Bowman of Portland, Oregon absolutely mined the Hardrock 100 miles of altitude, navigation, and technicality for ALL its worth! Speaking […]
Video link https://youtu.be/iJGxgbTcQfU BONUS VID! 7-minutes; Sabrina Stanley’s 2021 Hardrock 100 repeat “W” – I just let the GoPro roll and a WHOLE LOT OF DHARMA and inspiration streamed off this inspiring Goddess of the High Peaks as she Kissed The Hardrock and finally stopped moving after 27-hours! I’ll have a LOT more on my […]
6.11 minutes. I intercept defending Mens Champion, Jeff Browning, with a few miles left to go before his sub-27 hour finish at the 2021 Hardrock 100! Amazing wattage still left in his legs as he powers up and down over Nute’s Chute toward the Finish Line. At the Finish, we get a race […]
Copy for The Durango Telegraph Durango, CO – He’s UP and at it again! Local mountain athlete and native Durangatang, Steve Ilg, not only beyond Double Everested the Sky Stairs but had to call his support crew out for the third performance in the final day of the 9-day DGR (DeMoor Global Racing) Distance Classic in the […]
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