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About Christopher Cudworth

Christopher Cudworth is a content producer, writer and blogger with more than 25 years’ experience in B2B and B2C marketing, journalism, public relations and social media. Connect with Christopher on Twitter: @genesisfix07 and blogs at werunandride.com, therightkindofpride.com and genesisfix.wordpress.com Online portfolio: http://www.behance.net/christophercudworth

The republican qualities of cycling

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Everyone that has ever served on a committee knows the frustrations of trying to establish a legitimate, healthy compromise to the most difficult items on an agenda. People typically weigh in with all sorts of opinions. In the end, the … Continue reading →

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It’s AFFECT versus EFFECT in the pool

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

The water in the pool at 5:30 in the morning can seem like a shock to the skin. Three lanes down one of my fellow swimmers sat at pool’s edge taking deep breaths. She was trying to work up the … Continue reading →

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Jamie Block Mayer a dynamo you should know

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Jamie Block Mayer is not much more than five feet tall. Her legs are thus in perpetual motion as she speeds along at just over 6:00 pace in a 5k. Those legs keep her going for much longer than that as … Continue reading →

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Learning to smile on the hills

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday we ran 10 miles in the Morton Arboretum, a hilly landscape in suburban Chicago. There aren’t than many places in northeastern Illinois where you get a set of hills so close together. The Arb cover a series of glacial … Continue reading →

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The curse of the snack attack

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

A dietitian friend and multisport associate on Linkedin posted a description of how to manage snacking. I read the recommendation and something in my brain did not quite process it the way it should be. So I joked with her, because … Continue reading →

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Watching out for the Home Team

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

This morning while running I noticed yet another Real Estate sign featuring yet another “team” dedicated to selling a home. This trend to assemble “teams” rather than operating as lone wolf Real Estate agents has been building for years. There are … Continue reading →

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Life in the Faust lane

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

As I swam in the outside lane of the Marmion pool, I glanced across the surface to measure my pace against the better swimmers in the middle lanes. They did not seem to be going much faster me, but I … Continue reading →

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Bumping along on the mountain bike

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday turned warm and I was all set to go out on the Venge when I realized something had snapped a spoke in my rear wheel. Probably the wheel got knocked or caught on a bike pump, but whatever the … Continue reading →

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Weight, weight don’t tell me who won the Super Bowl

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

We attended a very nice Super Bowl party hosted by some triathlon friends. The game was both fun and strange to watch. It was more like two games packed into one. The Falcons won the first part, the Patriots the … Continue reading →

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The small joys of incremental progress

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday was a track session at the Vaughn Center, a public fitness facility that has a 200-meter indoor track. It’s a great place to run on a February afternoon when temperatures are in the mid-teens and the wind chill makes … Continue reading →

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