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Why the Langlauf?  Because It’s THERE!

pic by Gunther Ott: your feeble teacher (the Peacock one above) navigating traffic caused by the shorter distance racers. It’s a thing. Only racing experience increases the skill set needed to get around other racers on a narrow track filled with flinging limbs, long skis, and sharp-tipped poles! S(om)e of you may know about – […]

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Screenshot from Daddy’s GoPro footage which will be on my Vlog93, (NEXT Monday) of Dewa (13) at the shooting range of today’s 4k Pagosa Nordic Biathlon. Dewa would go on to win wire-to-wire the Overall in 16-minutes while shooting 14/15!   Dewa raced through bottomless powder the day before to a 3rd OA in Coke Nordic […]

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pic by Race Director, Brendan Cusick.  Engaged Zen with Heart Rates redlined;   Skin Up Transition #2 of 4 for Daddy and Dewa at last night’s Chapman SkiMo Race #1.     “A good kid, is a tired kid,”  that’s been my Daddying Counsel since Dewa was born over 13 years ago as 9/11 Baby beneath the […]

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pic by WF Master Student Kavík of Daddy and Dewa in shock after eff’ing up their locked and dialed in Overall Win at the KNOW THE SNOW RANDO RACE by going off course not once, but TWICE and losing nearly 15-minutes.  The Dynamic Duo still s(om)ehow managed to finish 7th Overall…  big Dharma Teaching day! […]

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Sometimes you’re the HAMMER!  and? Sometimes? yup, you’re the nail!   Dewa experiences both this weekend! pic by WF Master Student Kavik of Team SteWa (Steve and Dewa) after both got podiums at Saturday’s  Southwest Nordic Cup Series Opener in Pagosa Springs, CO. The next day however? Not so much! Saturday, Season Opener for the 5th […]

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First WIN of 2021! That didn’t take long!

Published on Jan 03, 2021 by in Racing

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pic by WF Master Student Kavík;  Dewa (2nd Place OA Female 5k) and Daddy (1st OA 5k) at today’s Coke Series Race #1!   pic by WF Master Student Kavík; ilg digging deep for fast twitch fibers during this mornings’ 5k Nordic Race after spending last month accumulating nearly 88,000′ vert over  the 3-week Merry Vertmas International […]

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my final Vert Gain was:  87,915′   (Everest x3!) total miles:  182.80 total time spent uphill: 2 days, 7 hours over 40 efforts.final result;  1st place 50-59,  11th OA out of 348 international racers pic courtesy steve ilg/south rib, Hogsback Durango Herald: What made you want to go after this challenge this year? ilg: 1)  Spiritual ignorance and […]

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pic by WF Master Student Kavík of ilg on Christmas Day CHURNING OUT consecutive Triple Day Workouts to surge at the month-long finish of the Merry Vertmas International Vertical Gain Race by Aravaipa Running®. RACE RULES: Gain as much Vertical Feet on your own two feet as you possible can from Dec 1 – Dec.25 […]

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