Pagosa Duathlon; ilg race report - I

click to enlarge the chi hits...
(the first one makes an especially potent screensaver...one of many from the DL Archives!)

High in the Weminuche Wilderness of a land known as southwestern Colorado, lies an enchanted village ensconced within ancient healing waters, snow-dappled summits, towering ponderosa, and the purest of all waters rushing, glinting among sandstone canyons. Magic - and perhaps wizards - live here.



ilg knows this because at one time, i lived here; Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

And, a few weekends ago, I raced there for the first time since having lived there.

What you are about to read, my Noble Friend Along The Path of Awakening?



Is less about racing a high-altitude mountain duathlon, crashing at high-speed, getting up, winning Overall by 20 seconds at age 47...and is instead, much, much more about...
well...
magic.

stay tuned, my Race Report on the Pagosa Duathlon coming this weekend
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photos:
1) looking west toward Pagosa Springs, Colorado from Wolf Creek Pass...i once clocked 59 mph on a bicycle at this turn during a race...in the rain...but that's another story for another time. photo by ilg, a few weeks ago.

2) the San Juan River as she flows through mid-town Pagosa Springs. photo by ilg.

3) ilg, a bloodied warrior, wins the top step of the Overall Podium! photo by Tom Steen.

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Every time I do the Exploring The Vents PDF Session, I go longer. I can't grab my elbows (I would like to brag and say "too muscular," but it is years of ignore-ance), but each time it gets easier. Tonight, I went out and threw the discus without pain...a first in a year! I also mention Total Body Transformation in my new article for t-nation, too...your "Green Tara" in TBT is a complete program and it is amazing to see how you combined "all this" together. I also bought "Winter Athlete" the other day, just to get a sense of things. This year has been plagued with an injury, but I have some track meets coming up to see if I can put this all back together again.

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"My Thanks Forever..."

Coach Ilg,

For many years I was a personal trainer for a chain in San Diego and used your books for enrichment in my life as well as those of my clients. I always found that your knowledge was like a fortune cookie and that I could crack your books at any page and find something enlightening as well as life-changing. Well, time went by and I no longer train. I keep myself going by keeping the principles of wholistic fitness in my heart and my workout routine. I now work for Disney as well as writing a book on the paranormal.

Now the reason I am writing. Three weeks ago I was coming home from work ( a 90 mile commute by the way ) and as I was getting into the lane to exit the street I live on, I noticed something odd. The road was wet on a dry night. They were watering the iceplant on the side on the freeway and several sprinkler heads were broken, showering the freeway with standing water. I hit the water and hydroplaned into the iceplant, spinning out of control. What did I do? Relaxed. Breathed slow and took my hands away from the wheel and gave myself to fate. Fate returned in kind by flipping my car over into a drainage ditch. Now, I drive a VW cabrio, a convertible. The windshield and front frame now touched the top of my high backed seat. The rollbar held. When I realized I was upside down and airbags deflated, I simply pushed on the handlebar and undid my seat belt. I landed on the roof and rolled over to push the driver door open and crawl out onto the iceplant. I then calmly sat on the curb and awaited the fire trucks. I felt my body relax, and the next thing I knew I was meditating next to my ruined car. When they arrived, I was given a cursory examination and forced to go to hospital in abulance on a back board. I kept on insisting I felt fine. They told me I was in shock. After being admitted and jumping through their hoops, I was released and taken home. I took the next day off work, but returned right after that.

The doctor was amazed, but the CHP that arrived on the scene later told me I should not have walked away from that, at all. Fate? Destiny? Grace of God? The one factor I CAN contribute to it is you, coach. The fitness level I am in definately helped me, as well the flexibility of the body and soul. Most of all, you taught me to let go of the ego and it will all be fine. You know what, it is. Thank you, coach!!!


Namaste Brother,
Charles Spratley