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Category Archives: cross country
The mixture of joy and relief after a hard race
The desire to compete in races comes from many different places within us. For some, it is a test of resolve. For others, a raw test of fitness. But it’s always about proving oneself in the face of difficulty. You’re … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, riding, running, track and field, training, TRAINING PEAKS, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride
Tagged 2 Timothy 7, achievement, competition, I did it, I have fought the good fight I have finished the race I have kept the faith, Just Do It, races, running races, the mixture of joy and relief after a hard race
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I keep smiling. It’s the only way to live.
At the age of five years old, I was in the backyard of another kid that would become my best friend through the age of twelve. Our mothers were in the front yard talking about how we might get along … Continue reading
Posted in bike accidents, bike crash, bike wobble, blood on the highway, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, cycling the midwest, cycling threats, running
Tagged baseball, basketball practice, bike crash, competition, concussion, cycling crash, fly ball, kickball, softball, sports injuries, sports injury, torn ACL, water on the knee
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Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex
If you know the Rolling Stones song Shattered, you’ll recognize the headline of this blog today. That album came out the summer between my junior and senior year in college. I’d sing parts of that song as we ran mile … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged Christian faith, Christian legalism, Christian values, Christianity, closeted gay, coming out, coming out as gay, gay, homosexuality, john shelby spong, laughter joy an dloneliness and sex and sen and se, loneliness, love is all you need, mercutio, personal transformation, rolling stones, scripture, shattered leg, some girls
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Life is a long letter being written one day at a time
The letter was written seven weeks into my senior year in college, the season in which our cross country team would go on to place second in the NCAA Division III championships. Continue reading
That’s a long time in a pair of Nike Pegasus
Something in me still holds a warm spot for Nike shoes. Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, 5K, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, running, steeplechase
Tagged adidas, brooks, getting married in running shoes, Nike, Nike Pegasus, Nike running shoes, pegasus running shoes, Reebok, saucony
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On the run from golf carts and people
I’ve written about the fact that as a child growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and before that, Upstate Seneca Falls, New York, I spent quite around golf courses. Some of my earliest memories are crawling around on the putting green … Continue reading
Mentoring other athletes and building community
This morning I finally made it back to the swimming pool after weeks away due to work commitments and post-triathlon season chillaxing. I struck up a conversation with a young man that had just finishing swimming as well. He was … Continue reading
Posted in college, cross country, cycling, running, swimming, tri-bikes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged mentoring other athletes, multisport
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Wrestling with fear and purification
One of the things I frankly fear as a writer is “missing the mark.” It happens now and then. Clients are typically frustrated or angered by that outcome. In a worst case scenario, that means going back to the starting … Continue reading
Why you can’t trust your devices for every decision on training
Yesterday I ran an easy seven miles through a forest preserve and back. It was warm out again, so I didn’t run hard. When I got back home and saved the workout on my Garmin Fenix, the data was shared … Continue reading
A run of luck with Glen Kamps
This morning I met up to run with one of the leading personalities of the Illinois running world. That would be Glen Kamps. We go back a long ways to the early 80s when he was first working for Dick … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, cross country, half marathon, marathon, race pace, racing peak, running
Tagged a run of luck, Dick Pond Athletics, dick pond brand, dick pond running shoes, face of running, Glen Kamps, runner, running, running shoe store, running store
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