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Author Archives: Christopher Cudworth
Running recollections of a skinny young dad
My competitive career as a runner was coming to a close the time by the time I got married at the age of twenty-seven. We conceived our first child in December after a June wedding that year. By then, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, healthy aging, healthy senior, marathon, marathon training, running
Tagged 10K, first child, half marathon, marathon, parenthood, runner, skinny young dad, Twin cities marathon, young parenthood
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You’ve heard of TED Talks. Here’s your first FRED talk.
I’ve been seriously riding and racing bicycles since 2007. That when I bought the carbon fiber Felt 4C road bike. I showed up to the group ride that first day wearing a bike helmet with the visor still attached. My … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Being a FRED in cycling, Cycling FREDS, cycling nerd, cycling rules, FRED, FRED talks, serious bike riding, TED Talks
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It's a bad time to be a nail-biter, but welcome to the club
I’m not proud of the fact that I’ve been biting my nails since I was a little kid. Even as an adult my fingernails are sometimes a ragged mess if I collapse into the nervous habit of chewing on them. … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, cycling, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, track and field
Tagged a real nail biter, biting your nails, cancer, cancer treatment, competition, competition in sports, coping mechanism, gnawing your fingers, life stress, nail biter, nail biting, ovarian cancer, running, stress
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A running experiment that actually seems to be working
I’ve worn orthotics in my running shoes for a long time. Probably twenty-five years. The first pair was prescribed by a podiatrist with whom I had a working relationship as a graphic designer and produced the cover and illustrations for … Continue reading
Hair today, gone tomorrow
While conversing with a teammate from long-ago times at Luther College, I opened up the binder of results from our freshman year in cross country. Those mimeographed sheets are fascinating relics of a different age. But the photograph at the … Continue reading
Riding the cusp of Coronavirus reality
The black cardinal of reality During an eight-mile bike ride through Saguaro National Forest on a triathlon training trip, I watched a black bird with white “windows” in its wings launch from a branch and flap its way down a … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, climbing, cycling threats, healthy aging, healthy senior, swimming, Tarsnakes
Tagged climbing Mt. Lemmon, coronavirus, cycling, endurance athletes, life during wartime, romantic westerns, saguaro national forest, selfishness, social distancing, triathlete, triathlon, tucson arizona, western romance
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Jim Nielsen’s life journey a long run to China and back
Recently I received an email form a former Luther College teammate that lives in China. Jim Nielsen and I were cross country runners beginning our freshman year. But we also shared a love of table tennis and despite having tired … Continue reading
Six feet under is bad enough, but being twelve feet under feels worse
Yesterday during swim training I paused in the middle of the workout to don fins and do some kick work. After a dozen or so lengths swimming on my back, I stopped to remove the fins and one of them … Continue reading
Posted in swimming
Tagged diving, six feet under, swim fin, swim fins, swimmer, swimming, twelve feet under
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Homelessness can be cured, but fixing selfishness comes first
Back in 2015 after my father died, I was tasked with cleaning out the home where he lived for forty years. There wasn’t all that much to keep. We sledgehammered several old computer desks and donated or dispensed with furniture … Continue reading
Early morning pool brain
“You’re too snuggly,” my wife admitted at 4:45 this morning when her cellphone alarm began beeping a third time. Guilty as charged. I had my arm over her warm body under the covers. The sweet smell of her hair in … Continue reading
Posted in swimming
Tagged early morning pool brain, swim efficiency, swim stroke, swimmer, swimming, swimming pool
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