Monthly Archives: October 2014

Everything right about the world is found in these young runners

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

Originally posted on We Run and Ride:
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141030/submitted/141039977/ Today’s blog at We Run and Ride features a link to my story published in Illinois’ third-largest newspaper, the Daily Herald. I am proud to have been a staff member of this…

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Everything right about the world is found in these young runners

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141030/submitted/141039977/ Today’s blog at We Run and Ride features a link to my story published in Illinois’ third-largest newspaper, the Daily Herald. I am proud to have been a staff member of this newspaper for 8 great years. Today’s story … Continue reading →

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How Marathon Santa keeps me humble

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Having been known to brag a little in this blog, it is time for me to reveal the method that keeps me humble in the long term. The story is true, and it lives on in our family … Continue reading →

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Preacher Pat Robertson runs the world’s first sub-2 hour marathon after leg pressing 2000 pounds

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Preacher Pat Robertson, host of the epochal television show The 700 Club, recently ran the world’s first sub-2:00 marathon in a privately held race on the confines of a park near the 700 Club studios. The 76-year … Continue reading →

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10 things sure to get your ass out of bed when it’s time to train

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

Let’s face it, when it comes to getting in shape there’s nothing harder than getting your ass out of bed in the morning. Even the best intentions and pledges of fidelity to a fitness regimen fade to black when it … Continue reading →

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Closing gaps in a race with some history

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

The last time I ran the Sycamore Pumpkinfest, I was newly married and had no children as yet. That was 1985. It was the year after my peak racing period of 1984, with 24 races in twelve months and a … Continue reading →

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On Halloween and Until Death Do Us Parts

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

A few years back I tore my ACL playing soccer. The orthopedic surgeon discussed the options and told me I could either take out a slice of my patellar tendon and use that the replace my ACL or else use … Continue reading →

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Recurring dreams. I’m only sleeping.

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

So this is my blog and if I want to digress once in a blue moon I shall choose to do so. Hence the following blog about a recurring dream. It starts with my late wife Linda and I traveling in … Continue reading →

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You’re darn right I’m going to Triumph in these shoes

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth You’ll notice a considerable absence of commercial influence on We Run and Ride. I have not written much about products or advocated many other than people who’ve sent a few things to try out. In fact I … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the bike and a few other things

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth At the time I purchased a real road bike nearly 10 years ago, bicycle frames had gone under a revolution in thinking that changed how most people even looked at the machines we use to get around, race … Continue reading →

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