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Category Archives: Depression
Wear and tear and ‘wouldn’t change a thing’
While attending a Luther College reunion, I was walking next to my cross-country coach Kent Finanger, who was bent over and limping due to back issues likely related to his years of playing football and basketball during his college career. … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, alcohol, coaching, college, competition, cross country, death, Depression, foregiveness, friendship, healthy aging, healthy senior, injury, life and death, love, mental health, mental illness, running, training
Tagged art, cancer, Christopher Cudworth, coach, coaching, competition, cross country, DC Comics, Decorah Iowa, fun, history, inspiration, Kent Finanger, legacy, Luther College, motivation, NCAA, nicknames, ovarian cancer, pep talks, running, Superman, travel
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The year I damn near died in a toothy fashion
Somewhere in the middle part of my 60s a tooth went bad in the back of my jaw. I’d gone to some sketchy dentists right after my wife died and the first dentist I visited didn’t explain clearly that my … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, death, Depression, half marathon, life and death, love, mental health, race pace, racing peak, running, swimming, Tarsnakes
Tagged castaway, damn near died, dental, dental surgery, dentist, endodontist, health, oral-health, pain tolerance, root canal, tarsnake, tarsnakes, teeth, tom hanks, tooth extraction, tooth infection, triathlete, triathlon
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Maybe the hardest thing I’ve ever done
I was a bit torn when it came time to sell the house I’d owned at 367 Republic Road in Batavia. We moved there from a tiny little 750-square-foot house in Geneva with a leaky basement, a radon problem, and … Continue reading
Posted in aging, anxiety, death, Depression
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, cleaning, cleaning house, death, death cleaning, distance running, family, grief, hardest thing I've ever done, home, home staging, lament, life, moving, sentiment, spouse, staging
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Life in context
Sue and I rode together consistently in the summer of 2013. I recall it as a warm year, and every time she showed up in her little black cycling shorts and sleeveless kit jersey, I admired her arms and overall … Continue reading
Posted in aging, alcohol, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, fear, foregiveness, healthy aging, life and death, love, triathlete
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, dating, death, grief, grieving, life, marriage, ovarian cancer, parenthood, relationships, survivorship
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Dating as a widower
The term “widower” seems so loaded with tradition and history, it deserves a definition right here and now. I looked it up and this is what it says: If anything I was a garden widower before my late wife Linda … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, death, Depression, foregiveness, life and death, love, track and field, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged books, born romantic, dating after 50, dating app, dating apps, death of a spouse, eHarmony, fitness singles, fitnesssingles, grief, humorous, kept man, love, marriage, midnight in paris, Mr. Big, owen wilson, paris france, relationships, romantic, Sex in the City, spouse, widow, widower, woody allen
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Grief and choices
At times I’ve considered whether I’m “missing a chip” when it comes to grieving lost loved ones. Over the years I’ve met people, both men and women, that can’t recover after losing a spouse. Time magazine dealt with the subject … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, competition, death, Depression, friendship, life and death, love
Tagged anticipatory grief, cycling, dealing with grief, death, death and life, denial, family, grief, grief and choices, grief and loss, healing, loss, love, stages of grief, triathlon
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Whatever suits you
In the spring of 2007, toward the end of a seven-year tenure at the Daily Herald, I was freelancing with a marketing agency run by a guy named Vince. My role was serving as a creative director of sorts, writing … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, running
Tagged adhd, agency, anxiety disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, biblical literalism, conquering fear, daily herald, distance running, fashion, fear, generalized anxiety disorder, lobster dinner, marketing, men's suits, men's wearhouse, pat o'rahilly, running, S&K menswear, suit and tie, whatever suits you
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An unpleasant start to an ultimately pleasant triathlon
Open-water swimming is one of life’s acquired joys. Unless one grows up swimming in ponds, lakes, or oceans it takes a bit of practice to get used to the idea of climbing into the water and swimming over whatever depths … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, Depression, fear, mental health, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, riding, running, swimming
Tagged christophercudworth, coaching, olympic distance triathlon, pleasant prairie triathlon, runner, running, triathlete, triathlon, werunandride
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Not “woe is me,” but resiliency
Following the emotional breakdown of my wife after the cancer returned in 2007 after two years of treatments and remission, I proceeded to lose my new job at the marketing agency. It had taken months to work up the courage … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, Depression, fear, mental health, mental illness
Tagged adhd, agency, anxiety, CEO, CFO, corporate, daily herald, Depression, games, grief, life, marketing, torn ACL
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50 Years of Running: Moving meditation
When I landed the job as an editorial writer for the Daily Herald, nothing excited me more than producing weekly columns for publication in the newspaper. I’d first done a column back in 1980 when I was just out of … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, foregiveness, healthy senior, mental health, running
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, distance running, editorial writer, home schooling, homeschool, ideation, meditation, moving meditation, runner, running, triathlon, we run and ride, writer
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