thank you for your Practice of Patience as i have now return from one Sacred Peak to my h(om)e one with a BEAUTIFUL TROPHY and more importantly; SACRED MEMORIES and DEEPER CHI PENETRATION IN MY CELLS!
please understand that i did not have my Beloved Ananda with me to take photos. i really did my best to snap some pics for you all to enjoy and find inspiration from for your own workouts. However, having my "Warpaint" on, i was singularly focused upon one goal; Another Championship Title.
As you read in the last DL; i did it. Of course, most of my victory must be attributed to my world-class Teammate; Lisa Goldsmith. Here are the two keys to winning Team and Pair Titles at Mt. Taylor:
1) Train yourself into the most Impeccably Fit Condition you possibly can cuz you will need ALL of it and THEN some,
and:
2) Pick your Teammates wisely!
to view Lisa and my's Race Stats under our name of "A Fair Pair Of Mountain Yogis" go to:
http://www.ccrtiming.com/races/results/2007/07mttaylor.htm#p-oall
Critical Mass Turn #3 on the Ski Down section of the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon where i set, according to current Race Statistics, the fastest ski descent of all the racers. i'd be going in excess of 20 mph through here; on tiny, edgeless skate skis carrying a backpack! yeah baby! Speed is RELATIVE! i took this shot during my pre-ski of the course which took 40 minutes of uphill skate skiing to check out these critical turns. no other racers pre-inspected the course like i did. this is what i coach into all my athletes; Do Thy H(om)ework. Pray to the Race Gods during your Course Inspections; establish some sort of spiritual bond with the Gods of the Course and positive things happen. My Course Record time for this Ski Down which began at the end of the Snowshoe Down section at 10,674' and ended two miles later at 9,479' was 13 minutes and 40 seconds including my transitions. Many of the racers would require 40+ minutes to navigate this section. The Kachina Spirits were FLYING beside me the whole descent; thank Buddha for all those HP Yoga; "Chair Poses" i did especially during my HP PROP WORKOUTS; i held onto my downhill tuck like that Dharma Bug that RJ took a picture of in my BEE CHI entry last week! The most challenging part was carrying my speed into these turns that were cluttered by fallen skiers! i wish to make a sweeping apology to all those racers i nearly killed on my kamikaze descent! Hey, dat's racing! Go fast or stay home, right?!
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C'mon with me as i take you on a photo journey toward my 3rd Consecutive Title at the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon:
Time When The Nerves Start Jumping; First Good Look at the Sacred Peak of Tsidool from I-40 heading east toward Albuquerque.
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