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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

Cheaper than therapy, but here’s what you might miss

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

There’s a meme that says Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy. And that’s generally true. But at the price of $150 per pair of shoes, it’s getting to be an almost even competition. Cycling is perhaps cheaper than therapy, and swimming … Continue reading →

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The bathroom game and Christian zealots

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

  Last weekend the Naperville Women’s Half Marathon attracted 2500 women to the city where everyone wants to live. Many of them gathered at the downtown Starbucks restaurant where the line for the women’s room got long. I used the … Continue reading →

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That moment when…

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

Athletes bear the extra burden of things to remember when getting ready to run, ride or swim. Forgotten items and preparations can lead to that moment when… TMW: You realize your favorite running shorts are in a heap of wet … Continue reading →

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Naked, black and free

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

The new Specialized Venge Expert is matte black in color. It has no cyclometer yet attached. When I ride like that, I feel free. Free to choose a route and not worry how many miles per hour I might be going. Or … Continue reading →

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All bets are on the women in this race

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

Somewhere in the middle of the pack of 2500 participants at the Naperville Women’s Half Marathon, a lone male figure came trotting past. He was wearing a number, so he was not a bandit. The small crowd gathered at an … Continue reading →

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The puzzling evidence of jumbo raisins

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

I’m constantly trying to find ways to eat a healthier diet, interrupted only by the occasional peanut butter cookie dough smash Blizzard from Dairy Queen. So yes, there’s a lack of consonance in my approach. That doesn’t make me a … Continue reading →

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It’s the end of the world as we know it

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

  And I feel fine… Perhaps you pay attention to Rapture believers and financial doomsayers. Perhaps you don’t. That kind of thinking filters back to all of us in one way or another. The ads on Facebook often link to … Continue reading →

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The tale of the Robaix and the Venge

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

  I had an interesting opportunity recently to do a direct comparison between the bike I now own, the Specialized Venge Expert, and the Specialized Robaix, the bikes we rode on our training rides in Arizona this past week.   To … Continue reading →

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Get back you little sacrum

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

Moving all that stuff while cleaning out my father’s house this past weekend had a painful price. Yesterday the pain radiating from my sacrum was so intense it was impossible to jog across the lawn when the city worker opened … Continue reading →

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Triathlon according to Cheerios

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s been a couple weeks since I actually went grocery shopping. No need to stock up on food before last week’s triathlon camp. It would only go bad. And this week my brother was in town aswe were cleaning out … Continue reading →

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