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Category Archives: anxiety
50 Years of Running, Competition’s Son, Part 1
Over many years of running with hundreds of teammates, I’ve learned many ‘origin tales’ about how people (both men and women) got into running. When I began this blog series on 50 Years of Running, the origin tale began with … Continue reading
Posted in adhd, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, Depression, race pace, running shoes, track and field, training
Tagged run, runner, running
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50 Years of Running: Transition time
Forty years after my 1984 engagement as an essentially ‘full-time runner,’ I got interested in triathlon and started competing in Sprint and Olympic distance events. I quickly learned that the most awkward part of triathlons are the transitions, those moments … Continue reading
Posted in adhd, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, life and death, love, mental health, running, running shoes, track and field
Tagged 10-mile race, 10K race, boy scouts of america, Christopher Cudworth, distance running, engagement, lutheran church, marriage, olympic distance triathlon, pastor, running, triathlon, wedding ceremony, wedding ring, weddings
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50 Years of Running: The Fuse
And the years that I spent lost in the mysteryFall away leaving only the sound of the drumLike a part of meIt speaks to the heart of meForget what life used to beYou are what you choose to beIt’s whatever … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Exhaust fumes and lane changes
By November of 1984, I’d raced enough that by the 17th of November when I ran a 20:17 four-mile… that should have been enough to call it quits. But then my former coach and then-business associate Trent Richards got involved … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Race after race
On June 27, a day or two after the big win at the Geneva Community Classic, I dropped by to visit my former coach and business buddy Trent Richards. His partner Marietta was a lovely Jewish woman with hair that … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 5K, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, healthy aging, running, sex, steeplechase, training
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, firecrackers, racing, runner, running
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50 Years of Running: Qualifying time
Coming off a less-than-stellar race like the one I had in Elgin, where a side stitch slowed me down, is tough on the short-term confidence. But while I was second-guessing the ten-mile race in Elgin, I heard that there was … Continue reading
Posted in 5K, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, running, track and field
Tagged Al Carius, Christopher Cudworth, distance running, joe newton, North Central College cross country, north central college track and field, we run and ride, york dukes elmhurst illinois, york high school cross country
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50 Years of Running: What is my real job?
As the Traveler’s Cheques slowly disappeared, I kept up the hunt for a job in the summer of 1983. Meanwhile, small freelance jobs kept coming my way. I drew up some ads for Vertel’s Running store, but the process was … Continue reading
Posted in 400 meter intervals, 400 workouts, 5K, adhd, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, running, Tarsnakes
Tagged adhd, advisor on mental health, anxiety and ADHD, coping with mental health, creativity and mental health, entrepreneurial spirit, hyperactivity, mental health, plyometrics, Sebastian Coe, sex and mental health
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50 Years of Running: The homely hayseed and love
Finding out from a key player and trusted friend on the management side that the marketing department where I worked in Philadelphia was not fulfilling expectations didn’t surprise me. There were great people on the team, who were doing some … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, Depression, fear, foregiveness, gay marriage, life and death, love, mental health, nature
Tagged adhd, calling someone a hayseed, discipline, haggard runner, hayseed, patience and boredom, runner, telling someone they're homely, training, work discipline
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50 Years of Running: Muscleheads and kryptonite
Always on the lookout for another fitness opportunity, I wandered into a weightlifting club about two blocks from my apartment. I’d heard of the place from a co-worker that had just joined the firm. We rode the train in together … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Hilarity on the move
As any runner knows, it is conversations that help make the miles go by in training. The ribbing and joking, the racing tales and discussions about dating, and more. These are the graces that get you through hours on the … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, anxiety, college, competition, love, mental health, nature, race pace, racing peak, running, running shoes
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, hilarity on the run, long runs, long slow distance, movie director, movies, Nike running shoes, porn movies, porn star, running, word games
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