Category Archives: competition

Hitching a ride

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

In 1979, the summer after I graduated from college, I moved temporarily back to Illinois from Iowa before starting work that fall as an Admissions department counselor for the college from which I’d graduated. My girlfriend was staying on campus … Continue reading →

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August light

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

For many people it is the light of autumn that seems romantic. As the sun courses lower in a September sky, shadows grow longer and trees take on a tinge of color. Come October, the light grows clear without the … 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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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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On being Lawson Craddock, one tough kid

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I’ve been watching the first few stages of the Tour de France. One of the first dramatic storylines is Lawson Craddock, the Houston, Texas kid riding his first Tour. During a stage of the race, he was unfortunate to strike … Continue reading →

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Sexuality, gender identity and the will to endure

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The summer before my high school senior year, I knew that getting in training miles was critical to fall success. My old pair of adidas Italias were already worn out from a full season of running, but back then no … Continue reading →

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Getting psyched up

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Today I wrote a Quora answer about an encounter I had two years ago with a crazed Trump supporter that happens to be a Ph.D psychologist. He’d posted a video on my Facebook wall in advance of the 2016 Presidential … Continue reading →

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New Balance or Old Balance?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

A friend from college named Dan Johnson recently ran a 5:26 mile. He’s coming up on sixty years old, and that’s a darned fast time for a man his age. He also recently won a big age group 10K award. … Continue reading →

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Summer jobs

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Between years of college there was always pressure to find good summer work and save up money for expenses come fall. As a sometimes oblivious member of the human race at that stage of life, I was not always thinking … Continue reading →

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Why you can’t stop learning about yourself even if you try

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

In the early goings of a hike in the North Carolina mountains, I looked down to find a mushroom sprouting from a root right in the middle of the path. I bent down to behold the shining surface of its … Continue reading →

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