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50 Years of Running: The Hardest Thing in the World
During the month of November, when traveling for admissions wore me down to a nub of a human being, I ceased trying to keep track of daily runs because it meant nothing. If you’ve ever run a race where you … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, Depression, God, life and death, love, mental health, mental illness, running, track and field
Tagged admissions, admissions counselor, artist, bird hike, birding, college admissions, federal duck stamp contest, Iowa duck stamp contest, keep the light on, motel 6, naivete, runner, running mileage, running program, the hardest thing in the world, turning corners, wildlife artist, wildlife painting
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50 Years of Running: What a fool believes
Somehow I managed to squeeze in a race back home in Illinois amid all the new obligations with the admissions job. The race raised funds for my high school cross country program, and I ran a solid 25:40 five-mile after … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: The Achilles Heel
On October 2nd of 1978, our cross country team ran a hill workout in Palisades Park, a bluff reserve on the southeast side of downtown Decorah. That weekend, we were scheduled to race at the St. Olaf Invitational. My former … Continue reading
Posted in 13.1, 400 workouts, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, life and death, love, mental health, mental illness, sex
Tagged 1978, achilles tendon injury, anthropology, carthage college, Decorah Iowa, friendships, Kent Finanger, Luther College, makeup sex, Mayo Clinic, North Central College, Oneota Valley, relationships, sex, teamwork, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
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50 Years of Running: Sweet consolation
When indoor track rolled around in the winter of 1974, our track team moved over to an elementary building called Davis School five blocks from the high school. There we engaged in an intense series of proprioceptive exercises under the … Continue reading
Posted in love, running, sex, track and field, training
Tagged better runner, cross country, distance training, flashing, high school fun, kaneland high school, mental block, middle distance runner, mile time, mile times, mooning, parking, Sebastian Coe, sex, state track meet, trent richards
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50 Years of Running: Social Circles
As the New Kid In Town, it was daunting at first to navigate the culture in St. Charles versus the first two years I spent at the much smaller Kaneland High School out in the cornfields of Illinois. It was … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, fear, love, running
Tagged bad jokes, cheerleaders, cheerleading, cross country, dork, facebook, friendship, friendships, high school cheerleader, high school running, high school social circles, lifelong friends, love
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Seven yards of deep thought and a winning effort
Endurance athletes are typically accustomed to thinking about workouts in terms of accumulated miles. Strava and Garmin add them up for us in neat piles of data to be picked apart ad infinitum. Athletic performance becomes all-consuming that way. “You’re … Continue reading
Different dimensions than our own
While walking our dog Lucy this morning, we passed through a playground where children made sidewalk drawings in chalk. One of the images attracted my eye. It showed two intertwined rectangles. Or was it something more? I’ve just completed a … Continue reading
Posted in competition, healthy aging, life and death, love, PEAK EXPERIENCES
Tagged carlos castaneda, Christianity, different dimensions than our own, different realities, Jesus, life on mars, limited perspectives, martian, miracles, Noah's Ark, reality, religion, scripture, the bible, the teachings of don juan, time travel
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Commonly known as fun suffering
We ran a long way in the wind and rain yesterday. Fortunately, the trail we use sits down in the Fox River Valley, providing shelter from the storm bringing gusts of 20-30 mph. At the start, a spitting mist struck … Continue reading
Posted in love, trail running, training
Tagged commonly known as fun suffering, fun suffering, love, relationships, training together
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