Event: Langlauf Nordic Marathon 30k (one our nation’s longest running Nordic Marathons at nearly 50 years) Date: Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 Location: Durango Nordic Center Elevation: 8,793′ Snow Situation: 58% of recent snowpack decimated in past 78 hours Race Course Status: Extreme – the first lap of the 4×7.5 kilometer course absolutely terrifying for […]
Dear Editor, Our hamlet beneath the Diné Sacred Peak has and is suffering chronic, unmitigated murdering to everything sacred to us few remaining native winter athletes. How many recall our 3 Nordic Jumps (5m, 10m, 15m), on Chapman Hill? Only land scars and timbers remain. Purg? Not worthy of the nickname. Please rebrand as […]
Most Noble Sangha! In your feeble teacher-of-nothing’s latest Vlog104 which premieres 4/12@6a MST at the new Tribal Headquarters of Steve Ilg’s YouTube Channel ilg mentions this most Noble T(om)e: Hopi Runners Crossing the Terrain between Indian and American Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert Winner: David J. Weber-William P. Clements Prize In the summer of 1912 Hopi […]
Steve Ilg’s YouTube Video link: https://youtu.be/U5p0GaaTcA8 Premiering Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6a MST! under 12-minutes; treat you to my Crew Leaders’ insider look at Durango’s acclaimed “Sky Steps” and then s(om)e technical laps up my backyard mountain; Hogsbag, which will be pivotal virtual racing terrain as i Toe the Cyber Start Line […]
pic; selfie at the famed “Gudys Rest” on the CT….over my shoulders i the Junction Creek (JC) drainage. 160/Lightner/Dry Fork/Hoffeins/CT/JC…i like this direction because from RiverPad it’s about 70-minutes of relatively gradual climbing. wanted to keep my HR steady and moderate and pretty much Mission C(om)pleted. As the Captain of the premier […]
pic by HP Yogin Kavík of your feeble teacher of no-thing embracing Rinpoche Dewachen Ilg (11) as She CLOBBERED Her 15-Under Categories in both the 6k Classic Ski, 6k Snowshoe and went on to finish 6th Overall in the Adult Combination. Her daddy did okay too; 5th OA in 18k Freestyle Ski, 1st Overall […]
Skimo; The Tao Of Uphill Skiing pic of Dewachen Ilg (11) this Saturday at Wolf Creek during her maiden voyage into yet another one of her Daddy’s most cherished outdoor sports; Skimo. Skimo is short for “Ski Mountaineering” and is one of the most rapidly growing Winter Sports. The activity includes several […]
Utkatasana Pose: Source, Yoga Journal. Utkatasana Pose: Source, feeble ilg’s actual High Performance® Yoga public teaching class. pic by Wayne Williams, LA. Utkatasana Pose: Source, feeble ilg’s personal yogic practice enroute to another Overall Title at age 54 (two years ago). pic by HP Yogini, Sandra Lee. Utkatasana; Studio yogis may be more […]
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