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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
One of feeble ilg’s most precious English words: Resilience. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Today, ilg ran up Smelter fr(om) RiverPad (my h(om)e near the Skate Park). Felt solid up the mountain, then, coming back through the Dog Park, was starting to dismantle. This broken back yogi’s right hip (4 career road […]
Most Noble Sangha, so, last Saturday, i guided Dewa (12) up Mt. Elbert, Colorado’s highest peak at 14,433’… we ran up, up, up…endlessly up…She summited in 2:16. reckon y’all can only imagine how special, how sacred our summit felt to Her young cells. i’ve taught Dewa the wisd(om) of never lingering on high mountain […]
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 […]
“We only do well the things we like doing,” – Colette as quoted in Steve Ilg’s THE OUTDOOR ATHLETE’S TRAINING JOURNAL (1992/Johnson Press) leading pic by Tina Maria Vallez of your feeble teacher and Sandra Lee who created the Navajo Nation Community Fundraiser as we prepare to deliver the first of several food shipments directly […]
That Wonderful, Long Lasting Ilg Inspiration… The Cover That Launched 10,000 Meditations. May 1992: After nearly breaking the legs and rupturing the lungs of the then Chicago-based OUTSIDE Magazine editorial staff on a guided “hike” up Lake Peak above Santa Fe, Coach’s fitness so inspired the OUTSIDE staff that they assigned a writer to do […]
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