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Category Archives: God
50 Years of Running: On anger, forgiveness, and those voices in your head
Three years into selling ads for what became the Kane County Chronicle after the company was sold to Shaw Newspapers out of Dixon, Illinois, our newspaper announced its plans to build a new corporate headquarters on Randall Road on the … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Chasing career options
By the time I’d turned 27 years old, the decision to stop racing and training so hard was well-established in my mind. With a child to raise and a wife to please, I focused on work-life as the central priority. … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: About religious dedication
A longtime female friend told me a few years back that she recalls walking the streets of small-town Elburn with me as I philosophized about various issues. That’s no way to win the heart of a girl. Somehow I could … Continue reading
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50 Years of Running: Newlyweds and beyond
In the summer of 1985, my wife and I drove to Glacier National Park in Montana for our honeymoon. The drive across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana took a few days. We stopped at the Badlands to stay … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: The Rain King gets no satisfaction
On March 20, 1984, the vernal equinox arrived with typically chilly March weather. But like a maple tree with its sap starting to run, I was eager to start using the fitness I’d built over the winter. After the freezing … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, fear, God, love, mental health, mental illness, sex, training
Tagged counting crows the rain king, half marathon, no satisfaction, run, runner, running, saul bellow henderson the rain king, Shamrock Shuffle, the rain king, vernal equinox, when I think of heaven deliver me
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50 Years of Running: The cold heart of a Chicago winter
Our landlord was a cheap bastard when it came to heating our building. At times, the inside temps sank to fifty degrees indoors. I’d struggle to keep painting or writing under those conditions. We complained, but it was no use. … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: The singular nature of a double life
In late October of 1983, with the racing season nearing its end, I was still attending workouts with the Tom Brunick crew at both University of Illinois-Chicago as well as the odd little cinder track at Northwestern in the upper … Continue reading
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50 Years of Running: Closing time
All of us who run know the difference between a good race and a bad race. There are empirical factors such as time and place by which we measure our efforts. Yet even these are subjective depending on conditions such … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, competition, cycling, duathlon, God, mental health, nature, race pace, racing peak, running, running shoes, sex, triathlon
Tagged birdwatching, closing time, cold lights of reality, finish your whisky or beer, frogs, kiss that frog, runner, running, third eye blind, tinicum, van kampen merritt
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50 Years of Running: The winter of my discontent
When the temperature hit -26 degrees on January 10 of 1982, I’d already been inside for two or three days, and was getting cabin fever. Even girlfriend company didn’t help. I was stir crazy and needed to get out for … Continue reading
Posted in competition, cross country, fear, God, mental health, mental illness, nature, running
Tagged bald eagle, cabin fever, college girlfriend, Depression, ex girlfriend, fit of depression, Girlfriend, hope, inspiration, luther girl, subzero temperatures, wind chills, winter of my discontent
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