bantu Journal; training update-February 16, 2009

note; Coach is in a Private Intensive with a visiting Online Student today. this DL was prepared for release previously. oh, and if you STILL have not experienced even a half-day Private Intensive with Coach, you have very little idea of just how beautifully and exquisitely skilled and loving our Coach is...there is a reason His humor, caring nature, and incomparable teaching skills have earned a 100% "5-Star" rating from each and every one of His Private Intensive Students since the history of WF...this is the stuff you all don't see or know about our Coach, which i get to See and Feel and Benefit From each day of my life...please schedule your WF Private Intensive with us soon, okay?

May Your Practice Be Strong,

Joy "Ananda" Kilpatrick
WF Temple M(om)-ager


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This is an ongoing tracking of Andrew "Bantu" Frost's WF Online Training Scholarship as he trains for the "Denali Diamond" route on Mt. McKinley beginning this May. As i enter this, Bantu is coming to my HP PROP WORKOUT tonight, then leaving tomorrow for a 150-mile 3-sport training jaunt from Jacobs Lake (ski) into and out of the Grand Canyon (run) and a bike to Flagstaff. May his waaaay beyond Ironman efforts inspire our own Practice...
without further ado,
i give you our noble mountain yogi, Bantu...

- coach ilg

ps; of course, yes, i have him on the MAP Amino Acids...just like each of you need to be on them!!!


***

Well, Steve, I'm a day late in this update... a tardiness for which I
apologize.

But at least I did something notable today: over 20,000 vertical feet
on the mountain. Six runs total, in 8 hours. Two runs were in the
inner basin in thigh-deep powder (after taking time out to dig my pit
and evaluate avalanche conditions). The other four to the top of Agassiz
(lift). My best time to the top of the Agassiz lift on my skins was
my second time up, at just under 56 minutes. Then to the climbing gym
with Rowan {ed. note; Rowan is Bantu's 17 month-old son} for an hour. I feel pretty good. Hopefully we get some more snow tonight/tomorrow and I can go harness that prana again.

As far as the rest of the previous week, I did the second upper body
strength workout on Friday, the lower body strength workout yesterday
(prefatigued for today!!), ran an hour (on the road with Rowan) on
Saturday and Sunday, and Celia (thankfully) returned from SLC on
Saturday after having been at a conference for the previous 6 days.
That was probably the most difficult asana: being so continuously
present for Rowan. It was excellent practice and some of the most
rewarding time I've spent with him.

My Early Morning Ritual continues; I feel as though I need to include more yoga/flexibility work in my routine lately as I've been increasing the strength and CV work... that's always a difficulty, eh? The more you
do, the more you need to do.

Time to sleep.

Bowed,

Bantu

--
Know the flowers, stick together, travel light.

"How Many Sheep Will It Hold?"....Easing The Addiction of Complexity

Most of us take (unconscious) comfort in the complexity of our (perceived) dramas. As time rolls past, our habituated patterns of relishing our attachment to our complicated world deepens. If our Teacher asks us to meditate, to draw our senses within, we feel that such a simplistic task of simply sitting still is far too ineffective for OUR difficulty, OUR complexity. It's like we cherish the thought that OUR pain, OUR suffering, OUR herculean load upon our shoulders is far too savvy for anyone to understand. We may even arrive at the point where we feel any fitness trainer or yoga teacher or any healing method is simply impotent to the multi-layered complexity of OUR distress. As my Santa Fe friend Dr. Wayne Muller puts it,

"We take comfort in our complexity, seeing ourselves as especially broken, exceptionally wounded, unfathomably troubled. We use our high levels of internal complexity to grant ourselves permission to take a great deal of time with our own healing - for how can we be expected to change or get well when our problems are so complicated and difficult to understand?"

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QUESTION:
Can you identify the difference in Mindset among the following pictures taken from my own version of a WF Lifestyle?

test photo #1: Inner workouts far outweigh any physical workouts throughout my life, working my Training Mala during Mantra Practice

test photo #2: the morning of Sunday's State Nordic Championships, doing Neti (Nasal Washing) as per part of my Early Morning Ritual DVD.

Test Photo #3: Engaging WF Yogi Squat and Non-Dominant Hand Practice during laundry folding

Test Photo #4: finishing just off the lead pack at the end of the Bike Up during the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon the Saturday before last. photo by Bruce Nagaan.

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an ilg eco-sweat prophesy nears fulfillment

Most Precious Sangha of Wholeness,

i wrote publicly back when i was an editor/columnist for ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPORTS & FITNESS MAGAZINE that,
"One day, it will be the Fitness Warriors that will transform our own Sweat into Energy that in turn, will feed the Energy Grid."

and now,
about 22 years later this:
EcoGeek Shock Absorber

there will soon be a mountain bike version of this; i'll betcha anything. the energy that is absorbed through the suspension system of this yet-to-be-invented mountain bike will in turn, run the bikes own lighting system, shifting system, and computer with probably like an overcharge FlashDrive thing.

from this technology it will be a small step to harnessing the collective sweat-energy of all the gyms and yoga studios on Turtle Island and storing it and transferring it to the Grid.

mark my words, Noble Ones...and keep thinking outside the box...


head bowed,
coach

WF NEWSFLASH; COACH ILG DEFENDS STATE NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BY :20 Seconds!

WHOLENESS PREVAILS OVER SPORT SPECIFICITY AGAIN!!!

one week after a top showing at Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon; Coach Pulls Off A Defense of his title by the narrowest of margins and the deepest of tenacity!


Details, Pictures, and the Unsinkable Warrior Ilg's Own Report coming up in DIRECT LINES!

Tad Elliot; Under 23 National Nordic and Mountain Bike Champion; in the same year! Durango stock...

Tad Elliot (photo by Salomon), son of my own childhood coach; 3-time Nordic Olympian Mike Elliot of Durango. I recall holding Tad in my arms when he was a baby. Today? In my book? Tad is without a doubt, the absolute coolest Under-23 Stud currently residing on this Plane(t). I can say this because I, like hundreds of others, have attempted to ski race him to absolutely no avail. Read below and click on the links to see why I say this.

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Well, it's only one more day before i attempt to defend my Nordic State Championship Title. One week after the 75-kilometer suffer-fest of the notoriously difficult Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon.

i tested my wax on the Race Course this morning. Concern arises. Of Course. Us Nordic Ski Racers worry far more about Race Day waxing decisions that we do about, say, how the hec we're gonna pay the rent or feed our children. It's really a matter of Priorities, you see. And the first Priority, of course, is, duh...SKI RACING!!!!

Anyway, you'd think a lifelong native of the American Southwest would be utterly dialed in about what wax to use on Race Day. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is no more trickier place in the world to wax for than my Beloved Southwest...conditions at my local Nordic Center here in Flagstaff, for instance, varies in wax temperatures over the span of three possible waxes within any given kilometer.

(two years ago; racing toward a Silver Medal in the AZ State Championships. last year, i won the State Championships, and this year? well...all that comes down to the final sufferfest this Sunday...stay tuned!)

It ain't my baby daughter keeping me up at nights...it's my Race Day waxing contemplations! On the course this morning my skis felt fast. I'm using a fancy-smancy new Fischer ski boot/binding set up on my Karhu race skis which feels like I am skating atop pogo sticks...there is a LOT of built-in BOING Factor in this new nordic ski technology! A distant cry from the wooden ski, three-pin bindings, and pine tar for grip wax that i grew up racing upon in Durango, Colorado.

So, speaking of Durango, immediately after I got back from testing my wax this morning, I emailed my childhood coach from Durango, Mike Elliot, 3-Time Nordic Olympian which I have profiled in DL previously. I asked him about what he thought about my wax choices...to which he responded to within 45 minutes (remember, Coach Elliot must be well into his sixties by now and could still easily kick my ass, your ass, and a whole bunch of other asses together!) by stating:

Steve,

Hot scape your skis with CH or LF 7. This will clean the bases. Wax with LF 7. Let the ski cool completely. Iron again and scrape. Brush vigorusly with a brass or steel brush. Put on FC 8 Cera F. If you do not have FC 8 Cera F. use the FC8WS Tubo. Caryon on the wax. Do not be stingy. Put your iron on 150 degress C or 300 degrees F. One slow pass over the ski. Brush virgorusly with a horse hair brush or boars hair brush. If possible wax the under coat the night before. leave you skis in the car or outside so the bottom gets cold. You can wax the FC 8 or the Turbo in the morning of the race if possible. Warm up on different pair of skis if possible. If you do not have another pair of skis, test your race skis and warm-up by running with running shoes.

You were in the right range for waxes with the temperatures you talked about. If the forcast is for warmer than you described, clean with CH or LF 8. Then do the same process.

Let me know how it goes.


Good Luck

Best Regards,
Mike Elliott

ps: With the variety of conditions your skis will not be fast in all conditions. Freezing the skis the night before will help with the coldest uphill.

Okay, so for most of you, that sounds as close to Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology as you ever want to get to, right? Well, to me, it makes utter and complete and golden sense...which is the precise color New Daddy Ilg will attempt to retain for another year.

Oh,
and for the real Chi Hit?

Coach Elliot mentioned that his son Tad, who i recall holding in my arms as a baby, was featured here for America's largest nordic ski race:

Birkie Elite

and interviewed here, which is an absolute crystallization of precisely why Wholistic Fitness was born in Durango, Colorado...it's just that we Durangatangs grew up with outdoor cross training as the most natural, common sense thing in our worlds...

please do your training a favor, and read Tad's interview right here:

Tad Elliot's Interview


So,
now you know what you've suspected about this Durango Wolf Boy all along;
"Durangatangs just know how to have (elite level) fun!"

May this DL - and it's sneak peak into my own coaching lineage - inspire your own training toward an ever growing appreciation of Wholeness,
Fun,
Focus,
and...
most of all;
Appreciation
for
how Blessed it is
to be
an
Awakened
Fitness Warrior
On The Path Higher...


head bowed,
coach ilg

Follow The Path That Inspires You Most...

on today's DL...


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This morning, Dewachen created her own puja table next to the WF Temple Puja Table in the Tribal Zendo. She took the picture of Yogi Jesus,placed Elmo-In-A-Boat on top of it, and then carefully placed a Animal Medicine Card (she drew Turtle) next to Elmo.

"We all have the karma to take one spiritual path or another, and I would encourage you, from the bottom of my heart, to follow with complete sincerity the path that inspires you most.

If you go on searching all the time, the searching itself becomes an obsession and takes you over. You become a spiritual tourist, bustling about and never getting anywhere. Following one teaching is not a way of confining you or jealously monopolizing you. It’s a compassionate and practical way of keeping you centered and always on your path, despite all the obstacles that you, and the world, will inevitably present."
- Sogyal Rinpoche

photo of Ananda and Dewachen
by www.jamesqmartin.com

Stevia, The Wonder Herb!

back in the day when SUNRIDER was just gaining a foothold in America through Dr. Chen's solo efforts, this is the product we early SUNRIDER's used in our Calli and Fortune Delight. to this day, i actually still prefer it to its later incarnation; SUNNY DEW. back then, the FDA did not allow Stevia to be consumed internally...i guess the fact that most of the rest of the indigenous cultures of the world from pre-historic times relied upon it did not matter. since you couldn't put a patent on an herb, the FDA refused Dr. Chen to allow this herb, Stevia, to be taken internally. so, back then, Dr. Chen crafted a nifty side-around. He said, "Fine then," and told the FDA that we did not eat SUNECTAR (which was nearly Stevia straight line). "We mix it with our other product, Redmond Clay, and apply it as a facial mask." In fact, the facial mask worked fantastic (i've used SUNECTAR professionally and have seen it make warts and even moles disappear!)...although, we all knew a deeper reason to keep SUNECTAR in our cupboard! Dr. Chen would eventually spend millions of his own money to push forward the legislation to approve STEVIA for internal consumption. Nowdays, i see so many Stevia products on the shelves and wonder how many even realize or thank Dr. Chen for his Noble Effort and putting his own money on the line for the health of us all...

According to the SUNRIDER website:

SUNECTAR® Stevia rebaudiana bertoni is a plant belonging to the chrysanthemum family. It is native to South America. Stevia leaves have been used for centuries by the indigenous peoples who added it to bitter medicines and teas.

Stevia is a remarkable herb that helps maintain normal blood sugar levels in healthy individuals.*

Sunectar® supplement is a great choice for maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle.

You all recognize this most popular and useful SUNRIDER herbal concentrate, don't you? just a few drop into our Calli and Fortune Delight keep our blood sugar levels stabilized and our Calli and Fortune Delight tasting oh soooo perfect!

From the SUNRIDER website:

SunnyDew®

The indigenous peoples of South America have used stevia leaves for centuries in their medicines and teas. Stevia is a remarkable herb that helps maintain normal blood sugar levels in healthy individuals.*

Sunny Dew® supplement is a potent blend of stevia leaf extract and chrysanthemum flowers. Other brands commonly use a chemical reaction to process stevia, altering its natural structure. However, the stevia in SunnyDew® undergoes a unique purifying and concentration process that preserves the natural structure found in its whole food form.

Highly concentrated and all natural, SunnyDew® is an excellent supplement to your diet to help maintain normal blood sugar levels.*

STEVIA!
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by Trish Childers
group upline director of the ILG SUNRIDER CLAN


Stevia is a pretty potent herb, and even more powerful when manufactured to it's highest potential.

So, I decided to pull out some history and research on Sunrider's formulation of stevia, which was originally called Trusweet.One piece I found was called "Technical Bulletin #8202", Trusweet Extract; published in 1983, and another piece written by DR Chen in 1984.

The bulletin gave an outline of DR Chen's research & the history of this sweet herb. Our Stevia product is an extract of the herb Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni, which has been used for centuries by the natives of...

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"There Is No Pain Like Mt. Taylor Top 20 Pain..."

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"There Is No Pain Like Mt. Taylor Top 20 Pain..." - a sacredly withered coach moments after posting a 4:47, 16th Overall Finish at Saturday's Mt.Taylor Winter Quadrathlon.

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Off To Tsidool; My Pilgrimage of Sacred Mountain Sweat

i can barely grok the fact that today i climb into Bala - who'll be packed like a Grand Canyon Mule with skis, bike, snowshoes, and cold weather gear - and head east across my beloved sparse, high desert to contest the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon which has by now, become an ilg signature event. it's been a twenty year pilgrimage of mine. this event has become for me, a barometer of my self-healing from a broken spine and torn pelvis in 1981. my annual journey up and down Tsidool (the Sacred "Turquoise Peak" of the indigenous clans which still live atop and around the sandstone canyons and sagebrush arroyos at her base) remains a perfect remedy against my pedal-to-the-metal obsessive traits which i try so hard to bring into Wholeness through my professional and personal Pathway. Tsidool demands me to slow down my mind as i train each year for her. my fitness must reflect what i love most; versatility.


i feel as fit as this WF New Daddy can feel.


what is common about this year from last is my winter-fitness. i'll be confident as soon as i finish the Bike Up and Run Up and get to click into my cross country skis. i ready to torch the two snow events; the Ski and Snowshoe.

Ready to Do The Shoe -
- last year on the 1-mile, 600' Snowshoe Course
08 stats:
Shoe Up = 26:28
Shoe Down = 10:24

i've only done one Snowshoe Race this year and finished well, though off the podium. i'll again be going with my specially mounted Kahtoola Snowshoe. usually, by the time i reach the lofty air of the Snowshoe Section, which goes up to Tsidool's summit and back down, i'm usually so God-And-Kachina Spirit Intoxicated, i could care less how much pain i'm in. all i focus on is crushing the descent once my uphill events have been completed.

- 2007; on the 2-mile, 1,200' Ski Course
08 stats:
Ski Up = 39:00
Ski Down = 15:58

early this month i won a classic-style ski race and last evening, after pre-fatiguing my legs by alpine skiing in our fresh dump of 24", i returned to the Alpine Area this time to run a final threshold test for Mt. Taylor. the data came back great:

probably more a testimony to superior conditions, not so much my superior fitness
but i ripped my Roundtrip PR from Car to Car;
skinning from the lower parking lot (9,500') to the top of agassiz lift (11,500') and ripping off the skins and skiing back to the Car in 1:01:21...
a key to my new PR was that i only had to descend the uppermost third of the ski descent on ungroomed snow before picking up the silk tassel (great Canadian ice climb!) of 30-second old cord which then became my ribbon of speed as i made like Franz Klammer to the bottom, smashing my old record by nearly 3 minutes and that even included a Pranayam up at the top!

my threshold fitness is ready.

having survived a 42k, high-altitude nordic marathon last month that featured 5,000' of climbing, i figure my endurance will also be okay for the (hopefully less than) 5 hours i'll be out there, this Saturday.

my goals are three-fold:
1) crack the top 20 overall (22nd last year)
2) age group podium (5th in AG last year)
3) break 5 friggin' hours (5:01:14 last year, finishing my uphill events in:3:09:23

- last year; seeing God on the 5-mile, 1,200' Run Course
08 stats:
Run Up = 1:01
Run Down = 48:23

last year, i was 22nd overall. i lost three places because of having to stop 4 times
to vent the severe back/hip pain during the Run Up and Run Down. the concussion of those 10 miles of running mixed in with all the other disciplines just kills my back.

this year, i REALLY would love not to have to stop at all. however, that will be up to Vishnu.


i've picked my ski wax...shhhh; Swix HF 8 into FC 7. having the fastest ski descent at Mt. Taylor, i rarely miss the wax, yet that's what makes this GrandDaddy of all Winter MultiSport so special; you just never know what Race Day will bring in terms of weather. i've raced this event through hypothermic blizzards and sunny drought years where they've had to shovel in snow to keep the Ski Down Course intact.

- last year on the 13-mile, 5,000' Bike Course
08 stats:
Bike Up = 1:02
Bike Down = 37:07

my confidence tanks at the Bike.
i've not stepped into pedals for a month and before that? can't recall.
my Bike Fitness is what this New Daddy had to sacrifice. i'll rely on my experience.
and, perhaps just the novelty of being on a bike will help fire my tapas.
last year, i didn't ride too much and pretty much kept pace with the main chase group.
i'm visualizing repeating that for the Bike Up.
the Bike Down is going to be really windy this year...even moreso than the traditional hurricane gusts which typically plague the fatigued racers as we crank back to Grants and the Finish Line. fortunately, i've got a heaping helping of HP Yoga in my physical and spiritual quiver...and that's gonna keep my back flat, my position aero and my breath full of verve.

Mt. Taylor abides not standards of perfection.

What she extracts from anyone who dares to Solo this 4-sport, 75-kilometer race from desert cactus to her wind-whipped 11,311' summit is spiritual poise.

i could flat at two miles into this thing...i gotta be okay with that. as i've tried to Teach you all these years, "The way to win is to make it okay to lose." Just remember, i created that quote in the seventies, when extreme mountaineering and free soloing ice and rock climbs was my gig. i had to make it okay to lose my life, in order to free climb to the highest and most difficult summits. that's why i consider all other sports besides the Death Sport to be kindy-garten. so what if i flat at two miles into Mt. Taylor? if i was a mountaineer and 'flatted"...i'd be dead.

it has taken and will take an absolutely Herculean effort from me this year just to toe that Start Line before Tsidool's overlooked beauty.

all i know is that whenever i test my yoga within the throne of the Turquoise Mountain Gods, it affords the greatest natural, inner show i know.

sure would like to see more of my Students...YOU on that Start Line. when i first raced this thing back when the whole field was 60 athletes instead of 600, i figured by the time i was 40, i'd be doing this event with an entire Sangha around me, collectively taking pilgrimage. i'm forty six now, and i think only Noble HP Yogis Jut and Timari are signed up to help me represent WF. so, put this event on your Pilgrimage calendar and we'll share the Sacred Cold Sweat together, okay?

i'll update you as soon as i return.


from wherever you are,
send your ol' coach
a chi hit this Saturday...
i'll feel it...
all the way up, and
down
the Sacred Tsidool.

May you too, put it all in this weekend...

The Joyful Breath breathes again...

The Joyful Breath

The Premiere of The Bantu Journals: #1 - Telluride Training Camp

This is the First in a Series of Journals written by Andrew "Bantu" Frost, recipient of the 2008 Most Improved HP Yogi Award. Bantu is a world-class mountaineer and is on a Student-Supported WF Online Training Scholarship in preparation for the 5th ascent of an extreme ascent of Mt. McKinley this May.

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Understanding...er, Standing Under Ego

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steve ilg's HP Yoga®... When Losing Focus Can Mean A Lot More Than Merely Falling Out Of A Posture In A Studio...

"...while slogging through wet, avalanche prone
slopes below climbs or between steps of ice, or while fighting off the
pump and fighting back the fear, which rises like bile on overhanging,
underprotected pitches, I found the focus I've cultivated through HP Prop Workout classes and under your guidance.

- Andrew "Bantu" Frost
world-class mountaineer
flagstaff, az



THE BANTU JOURNALS,
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Power Yoga?

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"A true sign of progress along a genuine path of wholeness is when our conditioned, inculcated Human Interpretation is slowly being replaced more and more frequently by Divine Perspective."
- coach ilg

photo: Ananda looks out over the birthplace of Wholistic Fitness, my Beloved San Juan Mountains near Telluride, Colorado.

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What most people, even Yoga Teachers, call 'Power Yoga," is actually, more accurately, called, 'Power Asana.' And any form of asana is but a tiny little cog within the science of Radical Self Transformation which is the definition of Yoga.

As far as my professional observations, as well as my ongoing self gut-checks, most of us only consider Yoga like a hobby...not too far apart from eating chocolate, drinking wine, or watching sports.

It will help all of us to begin our day using the following WF Technique of...


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Coach Cranks Down On Spiritual Laziness...even when it's Noble Effort!

coach in a DL most popular photo; Bhadravajrasana, Snow Canyon, Utah. photo by Kathy Faulstich.



Coach, I have your High Performance Yoga DVD. Would this be an equal substitute for the wednesday yoga program in the Green Tara program in your TBT book?

Going onward with that sacred sweat,
Jeff Boyea(bowing to you coach, from Vermont)



COACH RESPONDS:


Most Precious Bowing Warrior Jeff,

only when you are feeling lazy.

i need you to do what all of us Elder Yogis did with the texts of our Teachers;




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"If time truly is endless, we are very wrong to think of it as a straight line that stretches from a distant past to the most remote future. That line simply has to be curved. Sooner or later, it must meet itself and form a circle. Only circles go on forever.
Perhaps, as we are participants in the journey of eternity, this explains why our own lives tend to go round in circles too. Circles within circles, within circles. Don't be drawn away from the greater arc that you are now trying to describe. Think big and remember what really matters.
- Jonathan Cainer


photo 1: i enjoy the Ai Imawa Posture; Earth/Sky while in one of Turtle Island's most ancient 'ball parks' at the Sinaguan ruins of Wupatki National Monument near Flag. photo by Ananda.

photo 2: Delicate Arch, Moab, Utah. photo by Coach.

The Temple Garden of WF Website updated

"If my 16 month-old Dewachen can trust in the UniVerse to JUMP into new terrain at nearly every given moment, i KNOW you can JUMP into the SUNRIDER Herbal Temple for at least a 6-month nutritional experience of a lifetime!" -

Gymnastic training with Dewa. photo by Ananda. Visit New Daddy Ilg's newly updated SUNRIDER Royal Herb website!


Namaste Noble Seekers of Wholeness,


i just updated
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and have included vital information for you warriors that
STILL have yet to enter the Sacred Temple Herb Garden of WF!

if you seek
a loss of bodyfat,
a diamond-hard physique capable of reversing chronologic age while providing the highest and most fun vehicle for your Spirit,
or even one heaven of a GREAT part-time job while truly, profoundly helping others while nourishing yourself and your Soul?...

then, please read the entire updated material.

i, and my worldwide Tribe of SUNRIDER Herbal Warriors, look forward to 'seeing you' in our special Cave in the WF SanghaLounge...
remember,
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Roy's New Book On Running Published - includes a massive 'ilg' chapter...

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and help support WF Devotee Roy Wallack by buying this new book!...includes a "Yoga On The Run" chapter with yours truly...




i never know what's gonna pop up in my Inbox...

arriving this morning was the above hilarious announcement of my Furnace Creek 508 Racing Teammate, Roy Wallack's new book; RUN FOR LIFE...a follow up to his BIKE FOR LIFE which also sports a lot of my work in it.

he writes:

Ilg-bro--

My running book has been published, including that giant chapter of 38 photos of you that are destined to appear on the walls female college dorm room all over the world. Having a big "grand opening" party at my house in Irvine this weekend. On the off-chance that you'll be in the L.A. area, I order you to make an appearance. Other stars of the book -- including the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, the third guy to break the four-minute mile,a guy who ran 16 marathons in one year barefooted, and more -- will be here, too. Everyone will want to meet you

Steve, the chapter looks impressive. We can use it to show off to publishers (maybe once the economy gets better) for the Sports Yoga book.
Check out your name on the back cover (attached).

But just in case you can't make it (hey, it's only a 10-hour drive), send back an address and I'll mail iit asap.

Namaste!

Your devoted follower (because you are much faster than me),

Roy

Mere Mortals or Gods in Human Form?

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photo: Ananda feeling Blessed near Hollywood, Florida. photo by Jerry Kilpatrick

NEWSFLASH - Coach Bludgeons To Victory; Flagstaff 10k Classic Nordic Race

Flagstaff Nordic Center - Sunday, February 1, 2009

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After 3 consecutive weekends of racing in three different winter sports, covering race distances from 10k to 42k, and canvassing 700 miles of travel, Coach cashed in on his final event before the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon by repeating as Champion in the Flagstaff 10k Nordic Ski Race held today. "It must be a day for the Arizona underdogs! What next? Wait, don't tell me," said Ilg, "The Cards win the SuperBowl?" the 46 year-young Ilg smiled, shortly after collapsing on the Finish Line from his effort. Coach's effort put him 3.5 minutes in the Series lead for the Arizona Nordic State Ski Championship, the final race, a 10k Skate Race, will be held February 22nd.

"I dedicate my training for and effort of today's top step of the podium to New "old daddy's" Everywhere...and to my Beloved Partner Ananda, who might just be the most amazingly conscious new mother during the Kali Yuga...my daughter sure knew which Human Being to pick as her m(om)!...this one is for New Daddies and New M(om)mies everywhere; May we choose to accept our chi-ldren for the Gurus that they are...and use our Training wisely to keep up with their Teachings!"

- Coach Ilg, m(om)ents after tearing the lungs and legs off the field by nearly 4 minutes at the Flagstaff 10k Nordic Ski Race, event number one of two to defend Coach's hold on the Arizona State Nordic Championship title. Ilg won the race in wire-to-wire fashion, repeating his Overall Victory at the same race last year. photo of Coach and 16 month-old Dewachen by Ananda.


"I pretty much double-poled the entire course in 42 minutes of a flagellant disorder ," Ilg said, "I have a lot of domestication-of-selfish-ilg issues in my tissues right now. i needed an old fashioned self-bludgeoning. Nordic Classic is an endurance sport where i can finally unleash my upper body aggression. Today was a perfect purge."
above photo: Coach and Teresa Hunt, who also repeated as Champion. Full Race Reports coming from Coach for DL Subscribers only. photo by Tim Allen

Coach will return to his DL Service as soon as his lats de-pump allowing his hands to fit onto the keyboard.