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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

What a 5K for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and National Mental Health Awareness week can teach us all about healthy minds

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth For the last six or seven years it has been a joy to rise on an early October morning to support a local race in Batavia, Illinois called the NAMI 5k. The race raises money each year … Continue reading →

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A long and complicated relationship with the shower

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth As a matter of tradition, the phrase “hit the showers, boys!” used to ring out after every high school and college athletic practice. We’d drag our tired bodies back to the locker room, strip naked and stand under … Continue reading →

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The danger in running away from ourselves

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

Still don’t know what I was waitin’ for And my time was runnin’ wild A million dead end streets and Every time I thought I’d got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet So I turned myself … Continue reading →

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Here’s to a bloody good time when you run and ride

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Something in us is wired to recoil at the sight of blood. Yet the phrase “bloody” or “bloody good” is used as an “intensifer” to describe all sorts of activities from drinking to comedy to simply hanging out … Continue reading →

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What one small bird can tell those of us who run and ride

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth This time of year is peak migration season for songbirds. Millions of birds are moving south for the winter in search of food sources and warmer temperatures. It’s a tough go, made even tougher by the fact that in … Continue reading →

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Time as measured by pumpkins and apple cider donuts

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth There was a moment in the mid-season finale of the Starz series The Outlander in which the main character Claire Randall Beecham Frazier (you’ll have to watch to understand) approaches a set of stones on the hill of Craigh … Continue reading →

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Running around the Garden of Eden and the Human Race

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

Today’s We Run and Ride features lessons in morality and some important thoughts about commitment to your training. You likely know how it all begins, for it is the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We enter the story at … Continue reading →

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Making sense of things down the road

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Roads are very symbolic objects. We use terms such as “somewhere down the road” and “on the road to success” because roads take us places we want to go. We tend to take our roads so much … Continue reading →

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The Endurance Athlete Matrix and how it can help you plan your life

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

The world of endurance athletes can often seem complex. Balancing priorities can be tough when there are so many activities to balance. It can help to have a tool to step back and assess your efforts. The above graphic illustrates the primary activities … Continue reading →

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Getting up to speed at Victoria’s Secret

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth For a few years in the early 2000s I experienced a strange phenomenon. Everywhere that I rode or ran or hiked there were loose panties discarded by the side of the road. I found them in parking … Continue reading →

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