Category Archives: Christopher Cudworth

Will that be donuts or doughnuts for you?

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

To read this blog in all its glory on WeRunandRide, please click through from email.  This morning I stopped by Dunkin’ Donuts to buy a dozen tasty treats in celebration of a work anniversary. At the counter I was asked … Continue reading →

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Frog legs

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night the spring temperatures moderated here in Illinois. The air was calm and the collective voice of chorus frogs singing in the wetland behind our house could be heard inside even with the windows closed. So we grabbed our … Continue reading →

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It’s all about revenge

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Following a late meeting last night, it was hard to get to sleep when I got home. So I toggled back and forth between a pair of movies on cable. They were right next to each other on the channels, … Continue reading →

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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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