October 08, 2005
OFF TO THE RACES!
"Sport came into my life and finished my education where real things were missing."
- William James
Coach, tuning up "Gunther" for today's Long Course Duathlon at "Gaspin in the Aspen":
http://www.flagstaffnordiccenter.com/duathlon.htm
No Turning Back Now! Ananda proudly holds up her race bag; she has not been able to run on her surgically "treated" knees since high school...well, two years of WF Training now has delivered her to the Start Line of an Duathlon. Her deepest victory has already been scored from within...she did what it took to make it to the Start Line! "Do not Limit the Unlimited by your Own Limitations," was my counsel to her and many others who think they can not do things.
"Dear el coache,
Thanks so much for your sincere words of encouragement. It means a lot to me.
My love and chi is with both you and Joy for this upcoming weekend adventure! Go get 'em baby!!!
Namaste,
Student m"
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"Steve and Ananda,
i am a student of Teacher Ko sending you some Indy 500-Chi.
may you be as quick and responsive as our racecars and as calm and peaceful as our winters.
God Bless and God Speed!
Warrior Ian"
Coach at last evening's Race Check-in, wields a Chain Saw as a symbolic gesture of how he is going to saw through both ego doubts and other competitors...Since breaking my back, running, told to me to be an impossibility by doctors, is still an exercise of huge concentration to alleviate compression of forces on my lower smashed spine.
"Blessings coach...............dittos on the DL from ko--------jumping
for joy !
run from your heart bike from your spirit and know that we support your
efforts on all our behalfs.................
little fish student shel"