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Category Archives: healthy aging
Iris it could be like this all year outside
I get why people move to moderate climates. It’s easy to get sick of cold weather. That’s especially true when you like to spend time outdoors. These last weeks of May and early weeks of June are special here in … Continue reading
How much do you value your college experience?
I’m leading off today’s original thoughts on running, riding and swimming by asking readers to consider a question: How much do you value your college experience? And then I’ll follow up with a confession. Perhaps I’m one of those people … Continue reading
It wasn’t necessarily amazing, but it sure was fun
Last weekend my wife was given a time trial to do. Her coach Steve Brandes has been guiding her through improved run performance the last couple years and the results, I am here to tell you, are noticeable and impressive. … Continue reading
Running recollections of a skinny young dad
My competitive career as a runner was coming to a close the time by the time I got married at the age of twenty-seven. We conceived our first child in December after a June wedding that year. By then, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, healthy aging, healthy senior, marathon, marathon training, running
Tagged 10K, first child, half marathon, marathon, parenthood, runner, skinny young dad, Twin cities marathon, young parenthood
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Riding the cusp of Coronavirus reality
The black cardinal of reality During an eight-mile bike ride through Saguaro National Forest on a triathlon training trip, I watched a black bird with white “windows” in its wings launch from a branch and flap its way down a … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, climbing, cycling threats, healthy aging, healthy senior, swimming, Tarsnakes
Tagged climbing Mt. Lemmon, coronavirus, cycling, endurance athletes, life during wartime, romantic westerns, saguaro national forest, selfishness, social distancing, triathlete, triathlon, tucson arizona, western romance
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Questions about being an elitist asshole
Back when I competed for every inch of advantage in the world of running, I was a bit merciless in my regard for other competitors. In the first mile of a five-mile race I would ultimately win while setting a … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, Depression, healthy aging, mental health, running, swimming
Tagged apple computers, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, elitist assholes, Frank Lloyd Wright, riding, running, Rush Limbaugh, steve jobs, swimming, the fountainhead, The Matrix
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The glory days are not always what you think they are
I got my gripe session about the travails of 2019 out of the way yesterday. Now it’s time to look ahead to 2020. Let’s spare each other the obvious cliches about “vision” and “seeing clearly.” I’m sure we’ll find plenty … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, healthy aging, IRONMAN, swimming, Tarsnakes, track and field, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, trolls
Tagged abu Ghraib, Bush-Cheney, cheating, cheating at golf, cheating marathons, christianity today, Donald Trump, driving golf carts on the greens, evangelical christian support for trump, glory days, growing bolder, Iraq, modern marilyn, Russia, saddam hussein, torture, trump foundation fraud, Trump university fraud, twitter, twitter trolls, wikileaks
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From allegiance to rivalry
In early 1973, right in the middle of my sophomore year in high school, our family moved 10 miles east from Elburn, Illinois to St. Charles. The rest of that school year I made a daily commute to finish the … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, aging, Christopher Cudworth, cross country, healthy aging, running
Tagged allegiances, cross country, cross county running, old running rivalries, Rivalry, rivals, runners, track
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As to injury and healing, it often comes down to “What fur?”
Two weeks ago I was mowed down by a 100-lb yellow lab at the dog park. The large pup nailed the outside of my left knee, possibly the worst place I could have been struck. That knee went through an … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, bike accidents, bike crash, bike wobble, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling threats, Depression, healthy aging, healthy senior, mental health, running
Tagged acl injury, bike wobble, cats, dog training, dogs, dogs and healing, kitty, knee injury, meniscus tear, orthopedic surgery, pet therapy, running injury, tooth infection, torn ACL, what fur?
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From one bag of bones to another
Before hopping on the train to Chicago this morning, I slipped into the restroom at the Perk Up! cafe in the Geneva train station. The walls in that room were decorated with skeleton wallpaper. The first image that stood out … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, bike accidents, bike crash, blood on the highway, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, cycling threats, death, Depression, healthy aging
Tagged bag of bones, band of skeletons, boner, from one bag of bones to another, mr alcohol, my legs are killing me
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