Since taking this job two years ago as Trails/Property Manager at Edgemont Highlands after retiring from many years as Crew Leader at Durango Trails® (formerly Trails 2000), this forlorn, non functioning footbridge on the TomTom Trail was a significant blimp upon many other blimps on my mind to upgrade. With 15 miles of trails under […]
breathing into my EMR* knew it would be a doozy of a day for this ol’ man…just didn’t realize how DEEPLY the Deities would assist ilg to create literally the most perfect – no, not perfect; just DIVINE – ending day to Dewa’s first collegiate spring break. knew ilg had to get and keep the […]
Pro Trailwork…in HIGH HEAT!?!? How IS this possible in MARCH in DURANGO!?!?! Oh, yeah, wait, ilg recalls why; NO ONE LISTENED TO ILG’S “THE WINTER ATHLETE” book published in 1991 which …well? READ IT! Totally prophesied what would happen (i.e; NOW) IF we did NOT immediately recognize the sacredness of our most […]
when it finally sunk into feeble ilgs last few brain cells still knocking boots up in that precious hemisphere we know as the Skull that Dewa was literally gonna Be Here Now back in Durango? Alongside ilg? My former Shadow returning from the months long darkness of Her at college 1,205 miles away? Reckon it was […]
Literally The Perfect Post Final Nordic Race recovery sesh ever… If you have followed ilg since 1981? You know by now, that TRANSFORMATION is what makes ilg wet…. It’s my lifeblood; be it transforming an athlete higher, transforming a bodywork client outta pain, transforming an unsustainable trail into a sustainable trail for the generations […]
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 […]
so, Dewa was busy winning Nordic races until last week, then, she took a well earned vaca to MEXICO with her boyfriend and her boyfriends parents for 6 days… so, Dewa has missed all the Track Meets of her Junior year at DHS so far but WILL return to the track for the Pine […]
This Weeks Video link https://youtu.be/51KXchb1Lo8 10-minutes: Enjoy and be inspired by the ever graceful, ever GRIT-full Dewachen Ilg as we hit the long road again during an epic winter storm to get “The Horse” to Aspen, Colorado; the site of Dewa’s final Jr. National race of this amazing season! Talk about NEVER GIVING UP!?!? […]
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