at the Starting Gate…it’s Dewachen and NoName Pony vs. Ananda and Black Thunder…disregard the disinterested Cat Beings behind them…
on your Mark,
Get Set…
If not this year, when? C’mon…toe the Start Line with me again during this May’s 42nd Annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic here in Durango! The Iron Horse is the second of my 3 Sacred Sweat Pilgrimages each year; Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon (Feb) and Imogene Pass Run (Sept) being the other two…if you can crank all three in a calendar year? Trust me, it’s an AMAZING Wholistic Transformation…
“Greetings Two-wheeled, Two-skied Master! We thank you again for introducing Asea Sacred Water to us (and highlighting the quality of Sunrider Herbs). Leanne is on race 2 of 2 tomorrow, two back to back half-marathons. She took 1st in her 35-39AG last week and hopes to do well in the next race tomorrow. She KNOWS […]
Game Face on; ilg at 50…still toeing the Start Line and making the Game chi-full…”i’m totally stoked to finish 2nd place in the 50+ AG here at the DWC Championships…considering that Ivan (Unkovskoy) was the only person to beat me over the course of 4 various cycling events? That’s like finishing second to Ned Overend or John Tomac!…for a yoga teacher who trains at a fraction of the volume of these guys do on a bike in THIS mecca of world-class cyclists? are you kidding me? this New Old Daddy is TOALLY stoked! and i don’t even have fancy bike racing equipment! i see my second place as a huge HOORAH! for all c(om)men men who don’t train on bikes a lot but rather rely on what i teach, Wholistic Fitness™!”
here is how i did it, stage by stage:
i TAF’d i was going fast tonight…
i pretty much did go fast…for an old yoga guy on a not fancy bike…
covered a hilly 15-mile course with wind in 36 minutes…
that’s nearly 25 mph average…solo…no drafting…just you and the clock; that’s why Time Trials are called, “The Race of Truth”
evidently, however, in this tiny town at the foot of the San Juan rocky heights?
it wasn’t THAT fast…
Ilg only has one Direct Experience with Lance Armstrong. It wasn’t much of a moment…yet it was profound. If my personal encounter with Lance was like the one I’m about to describe below? Then, love him, tolerate him, or otherwise, you gotta admit; this King of the TDF (Tour de France) has certainly entertained a heccuva Karmic incarnation affecting millions – perhaps billions – of people, many of them Cancer warriors and warrioress’s. And that is enough to make this feeble yogi bow at the (maybe not so) Lotus Feet of Lance.
i’ve watched countless hours of pro cycling…yet NEVER, EVER has ilg been SO GLUED to the monitor than watchingDurango Colorado’s own, Tommy Danielson win by 2 SECONDS the Queen Stage of the US PRO CHALLENGE!?!??!! Tommy D!?!? D-town LOVES you!!!!!
“Coach Steve Ilg, thank you for your confidence in me and many thanks to all Yogis, Yoginis, and Athletes who constantly inspire me on a DAILY basis.”
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