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Monthly Archives: February 2020
80 pushups in the morning and 80 pushups before bed is how an 88-year young man I just met stays in shape these days
While changing after swimming at the fitness center I looked over at a gent sitting on the bench near me and asked, “How’s your day going?” He stood up, looked me right in the eye and said, “Pretty well, and … Continue reading
Ego interferes with common sense when it comes to something as basic as warming up.
I have advice for anyone training for anything. Go easy on yourself for those first two or three miles or the first ten minutes. At any age, the body and mind need time to warm up. But in our data-obsessed … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, running
Tagged data points, Garmin, running, strava for running, swimmer, swimming, training, triathlete, triathlon, warmup
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Running and riding to the rescue
There aren’t many situations in life where the ability to run fast is all that handy. Most of the 50,000 miles I’ve run or the equal number of miles I’ve ridden have not served any purpose other than my own … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, running
Tagged bicycle, bird feeders, cycling, dog bites, dogs, leash laws, lost dog, personal development, police, running
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Old School is New School. Never forget it.
This morning on the way to drop off our dog at daycare, I drove past the building that was the only high school in town back when I was a student in St. Charles, Illinois. By the time I was … Continue reading
The thoughts that bubble up in your mind
I’ll probably never be an Instagram star because my brain doesn’t work through algorithms or abide in the Principles of the One-Trick Pony. That is, my mind is too random and perhaps too creatively obsessed to attract the types of … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, swimming
Tagged bubble but, bubble butt, bubbles in the pool, chorus frogs, Christopher Cudworth, convergent evolution, fuck all that, I hate to burst your bubble, ice bubbles, popping tar bubbles, social media bubbles, swimming, swimming pool, tarsnakes, thought bubbles
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Leaving tracks
Walking our dog in the morning is like being back in field biology class looking for signs of wildlife everywhere. On a typical morning we’ll cross the tracks of numerous animals left in the snow. There are coyote and fox … Continue reading
Posted in running, trail running
Tagged leaving tracks in the snow, run, runner, running, running in snow, snow tracks, walking the dog
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Questions about being an elitist asshole
Back when I competed for every inch of advantage in the world of running, I was a bit merciless in my regard for other competitors. In the first mile of a five-mile race I would ultimately win while setting a … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, Depression, healthy aging, mental health, running, swimming
Tagged apple computers, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, elitist assholes, Frank Lloyd Wright, riding, running, Rush Limbaugh, steve jobs, swimming, the fountainhead, The Matrix
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Dealing with the pressures of the crowd
In the middle of the night I woke up from a dream in which I found myself in charge of a large crowd of people trying to check out of a grocery store. The lines stretched back and doubled and … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, running
Tagged crowd control, distance runner, hot dogs, kane county cougars, panera bread, racing, road racing, runner, running, running 10K
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