Category Archives: Christopher Cudworth

We all shine on

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It has been five years to the day since the woman to whom I was married for 28 years passed away. On March 26, 2013 she died quietly in the living room of our home where over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Light thoughts on a dark morning

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

  Gosh, it was dark out this morning at 5:40 when I stepped out the door to run. It was hard getting out of bed knowing it was cold and windy outside. But I gathered up the gear to run … Continue reading →

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The unnatural dilemma that faces us all

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I’m going to admit something to you. I’ve been on what amounts to a forty-year guilt trip. It all started when I was about fourteen years old. That’s when I seriously took up running in track and field and cross … Continue reading →

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Have you ever been poisoned?

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The weird tale coming out of Great Britain is that a former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia remain hospitalized Tuesday and in critical condition after being subjected to some kind of nerve gas. That was obviously … Continue reading →

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Blackbird time

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Early March is always a time of keen transition in our part of the world. The cliches about “in like a lion, out like a lamb” seldom hold true in black and white. Furthermore, as a distance runner for more than … Continue reading →

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What I’d go back and say to my fifteen-old-self

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Turning fifteen years old tends to be a watershed moment in life. The freshman blues abate and the fear of junior year obligations is not yet upon you. Hormones rage but the looks to complement those desires are perhaps not … Continue reading →

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What goes on in the mind of a runner?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

People who don’t like to run or find it boring often ask the same question: “What do you think about all that time?” Of course there’s no pat answer to that question. Runners think about a lot of things during … Continue reading →

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Getting Felt up and still riding

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Two years ago in October I drove into the garage of my house with my Felt 4C bike still perched on the roof of my Subaru. It bent the front fork but as it turned out, the main frame of … Continue reading →

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We’re all adrift in one way or another, until one day, we’re not

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This morning we awoke to a layer of snow on the ground that was four inches deep. It was three-below-zero outside, so the snow was light and fluffy. “Low moisture content snow,” I heard the weatherman say. In it’s fluffiest … Continue reading →

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That locker room feeling

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It is hard to describe the desire I had as a little kid to grow up to be an athlete. When I was so young, all I dreamed about was being big enough to wear a baseball uniform, put on … Continue reading →

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