This Winter: 10 podiums in 11 races…3 Overall Victories…distances from 42k to 10k…tomorrow is my final ski race; a 15k Classic Race at over 8,000′ at Flagstaff Nordic Center…can my high-end fitness form hold for one more race? photo above; courtesy of Durango Nordic Center.
Though our skin may be of pink or red or brown hues,
though our age may be young or old,
though our personal hills may be covered by snow,
or pavement,
or dirt,
or maybe our steepest hills are emotional…
Riding the glide, baby! if you woulda asked me 20, 30 years ago if i’d be still be winning Overall victories at age 48? I probably woulda replied with youthful chi-fire in my eyes, “Hell Yeah!” and dat’s precisely what is still happening! THANK YOU, Wholistic Fitness™ for imparting such longevity to national class fitness across the physiological spectrum! photo of ilg during last weekend’s 10k Freestyle Pursuit courtesy; Durango Nordic Club. Each time the pain grew more intense, i relaxed into it…
Each time the Voices in my head screamed to ‘back off,’ i saw your face (yes, YOU!) and ventured deeper into the Voices until the Voices lost their voice and i found myself in a Higher Realm…
are you SURE you want your kid to grow up to be a bike racer? and you wonder why i spend half my training year OFF the bike and ON skis?!
There is a saying…”Judge not a Teacher save by the nobility of his or her Students…” Ready to be inspired once again by one of your fellow Wholistic Fitness™ Warriors? Maybe next February, YOU could do what it takes to yogi squat on the summit of this Sacred Pilgrimage of Wholistic Fitness™…. WF Shishya PY halfway through her recent solo 75-kilometer, 4-sport Sacred Pilgrimage at the one and only; Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon…here is her own Race Report…buckle up! photo courtesy of Julie “PY” Mueller. Coming up next; my own Race Report!
(all access) Flash Race Report: coach and dana defend Mixed Pairs at Mt. Taylor…by only 4 minutes in a see-saw Battle of Spirits, Wind, and Guts!
I’m here in Grants, New Mexico…at the base of the Sacred Peak of the Diné; Tsoodził …it’s the night before i attempt to defend my Mixed Pairs title…
One of my most Precious Shishya’s; PY from Kinlani, AZ who has such Trust in feeble ilg as her Teacher, she will toe the Start Line of the 75-kilometer, 4-sport Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon this Saturday…without even ever having nordic skied before in her life! See my Interview with this inspirational Doctor of Statistics and Daughter of Shiva below. Now…how Brave are YOU willing to be along YOUR Wholistic Fitness™ Journey? Spots available for the two other Sacred WF Pilgrimages: IRON HORSE BICYCLE CLASSIC on Memorial Day or the IMOGENE PASS RACE the second weekend of May. See you on the Start Line, Most Noble Multi-Disciplined Yogi!
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