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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’s on your Laundry List?

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

On the way to drop my wife off at the train, we were conversing about some domestic topic and I blurted out, “Well, I’ll have to put that on the Laundry List.” And Sue said. “What is a Laundry List? … Continue reading →

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Putting the hammer down

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Standing on the starting line of a five-mile race a few years back, I could feel the energy pouring through my body. Training had been going well. I’d done a track workout of 12 X 400 at 60-63 and was … Continue reading →

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Was Jesus a triathlete?

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The Bible is a remarkable book both in what it reveals and also what it leaves to our collective spiritual imagination. For example, the creation story and the rescue of species from the worldwide floods lists a few “kinds” of … Continue reading →

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Tour de France rider for a day

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The weather in Illinois was cool, rainy and windy this past Saturday. We rode west and north into the wind for 25 miles. At several points our speed dropped to 13 mph as we ground into the gray gale coming … Continue reading →

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Run and ride doodles keep me sane

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Sometimes meetings drag on. That’s when I let the pen do the side thinking for me. The result is plenty of run and ride doodles. These were all pinned to a cork board in my office but I got to … Continue reading →

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Summer lovin’ 1972

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Those formative years of distance running remain special to me because everything was still so new. The sensations wrought from running farther than I ever imagined possible were both stimulating and daunting. Coming off a freshman year cross country season … Continue reading →

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A black belt in fatherhood

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Twenty-five or so years ago, our family went camping in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was a busy season, so campsites were scarce and the more remote campground in Hiawatha National Forest where we wanted to say was closed … Continue reading →

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Things I learned today on a morning ride

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

At 5:30 this morning the air was cool and clear. A light north wind had broken the humid grip of mid-summer on our part of Illinois. It was a fine time for a bike ride. I’d planned the morning ride … Continue reading →

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Sibling rivalry

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Our family consisted of four boys and our mom and dad. We apparently had a sister that died very early in life. She was born between my next oldest brother and I. Still hoping for a girl, my parents had … Continue reading →

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Workouts don’t need to be insane to be good

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night the weather was windy and hot. Hardly the ideal environment to do a running workout of 16 X 400 meters on an outdoor track. Oh sure, I’ve done workouts far more insane than that in terms of weather … Continue reading →

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