pic: Daddy and Dewa during an autumn run/hike in the La Plata Mountains by Joy Kilpatrick. Dewa wants (this week, at least) to c(om)pete in the 2024 Olympics in the Hurdles. D-cat is tied for being the smallest in her class – however Dewa is also the youngest and could be a 2nd, instead of […]
On behalf of The 6th Annual Winter Warrior 10k, i offer 10,000 Waves of Gratitude for all the wonderful fitness warriors and warrioresses who participated upon the sacred snows at the Durango Nordic Center, Saturday, January 30 to benefit the Durango Youth Nordic Ski Team. i want to acknowledge the following amazing people and merchants […]
what i learned from last weekend’s race as i enter my 8th year as a Daddy….
1) never race to your expected levels if you just jump into a race underprepared
2) prioritize what is most import (taking care of your chi-ilds multi-dimensional needs) and re-calibrate everything about your own performance from that baseline…which will be categorically different (on the lesser performance side of things) than when you were NOT a Conscious Daddy….
3) have a quick memory Let-Go button in your brain…
my precious lifelong Sacred River – many of my friends who used to poke fun at me since i always refer to the Animas as, ‘Our Sacred River,’ are NOT poking fun at me now! – is now a fluid ribbon of toxicity which requires me as a Blessed and Sworn Dharma Protecter to dig deep into my yogic/spiritual warrior quiver to re-iterate my LifeMessage since 1985:
The Outdoors is Sacred>Care For It Unconditionally!
“Go Silent!” commanded one of my formative Zen Teachers… i sat. i listened to the silence. sat some more. listened to the silence some more. in conventional American Fitness Training, we are not trained to listen to the Silence. in fact? in conventional American Fitness Training? we are trained to drown out the […]
“Daddy…i’m not so nervous now that I am here…I LIKE THIS PLACE!”
the PLACE to Dewa (7) was referring was a rolling pinyon and ponderosa-studded ranch located about 12 miles northeast of a Tibetan-like refuge of crazy alpine beauty known as Westcliffe, Colorado. i’ve never been never before my ol’ snowshoe racing pal and legendary Burro Racer (yeah, i said, Burro Racer) invited me to be a “Celebrity Athlete” along with Chris McDougall who just penned a NY Times Bestselling book called, Natural Born Heroes which documents the Tarahumara Natives of Copper Canyon and their relationship with an enigmatic white runner turned guru, Micah True. I, Dewa, and Sandra would spend the weekend with Chris at the Woolfe Hotel in ‘downtown’ Westcliffe – which is on the National Register of Historic Buildings because it was built in 1887 and is still amazingly reflective of that era. it’s also haunted which, well, that’s another story. let’s just say we had a very interesting pre-race night.
How feeble ilg spent a 53rd Birthday on this Plane(t) during a very paltry incarnation; finishing in the top ten of a 3-day cycling stage race and easing the lactic acid from my muscles through Steve ilg’s High Performance Yoga, and hanging with my precious family…the way i live my life is my response to all […]
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