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Category Archives: healthy senior
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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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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When reality bites, call in the experts
Last weekend I began to notice a sore area around my #18 molar. That’s the tooth on the far back left side of the mouth. It would flare up and recede in relation to cold or sweets and I knew, … Continue reading
Who needs that kind of baggage?
Having just gotten home from a triathlon training trip, I got thinking about the physical and rhetorical aspects of baggage, and how much we like to carry. Traveling by air these days forces one to make choices or face big … Continue reading
The cold that stings
Some training trips are best communicated in pictures. I have lots of words in my head of course but will let these images most of the talking right now. This is a video of our ascent up Gates Pass south … Continue reading
The day my eyelids froze shut
It’s true. I once went running in temperatures of twenty-three below zero. A half mile into the run, my eyelids froze shut. That’s a weird feeling I can assure you. I stopped, covered my face and warmed the area the … Continue reading
Competing goals and the secret to life
Yesterday I mapped out a training program. How many days a week to run, ride and swim. It’s nothing crazy. Those are exciting to think about as I also fixed up my former racing bike and this past weekend picked … Continue reading
The snowblower in my veins
If I need a snowblower to clear out my veins in the long run, so be it. Whatever works to keep things safe and navigable. Continue reading
