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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

Life is just nuts sometimes

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The Acorn While talking with my brother-in-law this weekend, I learned that he is heavily involved in removing acorns from his lawn. He’s not one to exaggerate. He’s always been a person to calculate his statements with some accuracy given … Continue reading →

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25 answers to how slow I ran yesterday

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s been hot, hot, hot in Illinois the last few days. It was 95 degrees in the shade when I went out the door to run yesterday. There was a flat, dry wind blowing from the south. so as I … Continue reading →

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The glory and humility of choosing new running shoes

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I like to spread my business around to local running stores. But my longest relationship is with Dick Pond Athletics, whose founder I first met in the late 1970s when he was selling running and wrestling shoes out of his … Continue reading →

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Thought bubbles from the pool edge

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The perfect lane I think I’ve found the perfect window for getting a lane at the Vaughn Center pool. It pays to get there after the Early Morning Diehards leave and just before the Slow Paddlers arrive. That means arriving … Continue reading →

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Drugs from days gone by

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

A set of familiar orange bottles with Walgreens labels on them have rattled around my bathroom cabinets for several years now. The Hydrocodone / Acetaminophen bottle from October 25, 2013 was filled with painkillers prescribed after surgery on my clavicle … Continue reading →

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Wanted: dead or alive

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Over a lifetime of athletics, I’ve been fairly fortunate to only break and tear a few things. But they’re starting to add up these days, and it’s got me thinking about how it all started, and where it’s going. The … Continue reading →

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Being a wholly gaseous planet is not all that it’s cracked up to be

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

A few years back I bought a jug of whole milk at the grocery store. I wasn’t really thinking about the “whole” thing, just grabbed the jug and threw it in the cart. Growing up, we drank whole milk quite … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Florence unleashing a crapload of hurt on North Carolina

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Let’s face it. Being immature about stuff like this is fun. I just read an entire thread of slightly dirty jokes riffing on an image a Facebook friend posted of the weather report for Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas. That’s … Continue reading →

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Wearing down the competition, and not yourself

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

So many endurance events come down to a contest of attrition. In a distance race, the matter of who wins and who loses often comes down to the competitor that can hang on the longest. During one of my triathlon … Continue reading →

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The power and truth of fidelity

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

There’s a power struggle going on at CBS as a result of sexual harassment allegations against outgoing CEO Les Moonves. Big surprise there. One after another, high profile American executives and politicians are being flattened by their own coarse desires. … Continue reading →

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