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Yup, pulled another "Ned Overend" outta my bag of tricks...winning the Pagosa Mountain Duathlon Full Course, teaching the young bucks a thing or two about wholeness and longevity! look closely at my right elbow...
Namaste Noble WF Sangha,
just wanted to let you all know that ilg is doing just great...sore (not 'well trained') but great. the rumor is true, i did manage to win overall the Pagosa Mountain Duathlon Full Course on Saturday and also managed to go down super hard on a big chainring gravel forest road at probably about 35mph. i thought i was in about 3rd place and had just gotten passed by this guy with sloppy posture and that pissed me off (i did not know that he was not in the solo divison)...so i was absolutely maching it and apparently hit a water erosion gully in the flat light of the ponderosa-shaded road...and next thing i knew, i was down. hard. i recall skidding for what seemed an eternity on my back and side, wondering to myself, "Wow, i wonder when i'm ever gonna come to a stop."
before that though, the very instant i hit the deck - and trust me, ilg has hit the deck probably harder than you, many more times than you - my first thought was one single word and an image to go with it:
"Dewa."
lemme tell ya, being a new daddy and still out there pushing my limits in such sports like mountain duathlon...when you do go down hard, your entire paradigm shifts. used to be just fine for me to crash...now? not so okay.
now, when you do go hard and hear your bones crushing, organs stretching, and skin ripping off you, the warrior has one single instant to choose one of two attitudes after a heart-stopping crash: you let it dismantle you,
or
you can let it empower you.
more on that a bit later...right now, i can't seem to post the great, gnarly pics of your coach's road rash - which is probably a good thing - and i've got a family to attend to as we continue our Southwest Walkabout.
just wanted you all to know ilg is just fine; in fact, i've got a ton of empowering teachings and pics to share with you DL Subscribers soon...including my Priority Practice For Ripped Off Skin And Ooozing Warrior Wounds. You might be surprised at how fast your ol' cat of a coach can:
1) crash hard and jump back up like a cat and STILL WIN OVERALL!
and
2) how fast i can still tell the Medics that, "No, i don't need stitches...i just need to do some yoga," and heal a ripped wound 500% overnight.
dat's why we all gotta git out there and toe those Start Lines in our life...be brave enough to push your limits against formidable opponents - physical and metaphysical...cuz that is the ONLY WAY to Learn the Teachings Of Intensity.
and when you and i take that Last Gasp, and are unable to Inhale again?
trust me, it's gonna be Intense.
so train your Awareness and Equanimity in the field of Yogic Intensity, which means of course, using that age-old maxim of WF, knowing that your
Highest Workout is Everywhere...
it's right here,
in the softness of your eyes while reading this,
the elegance of your posture,
the openness of thy hips,
and
the
kindness
which comes from thy lips...
Wishing your Practice all the Highest...
be back right here soon,
cuz,
coach loves you when you sweat and sit still..
head bowed,
your bruised chieftain from the top step of the podium
