Category Archives: marathon

25 answers to how slow I ran yesterday

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s been hot, hot, hot in Illinois the last few days. It was 95 degrees in the shade when I went out the door to run yesterday. There was a flat, dry wind blowing from the south. so as I … Continue reading →

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Age 60 going on 200

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This morning’s track workout consisted of 8 X 200 all out with a 100 meter walk-jog between. It was an experiment to see how much torque the internal engine could take. The test went well enough, but also revealed a … Continue reading →

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The romance of small ball fitness

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Those of us who run, ride and swim come to realize that while the big muscles that drive us forward are important, it is the little muscles, tendons and connective tissues that keep us together. There must be romance between … Continue reading →

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Some optics from Ironman Louisville

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

My wife completed Ironman Louisville with a one-hour personal record for the full distance. This was her second 140.6. The first was a similarly hilly course in Madison, Wisconsin. So she’s got two under her race belt and learned so … Continue reading →

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Glenn’s labor of love

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Glenn Lyle was what he characterizes as “an okay runner” in the years just before Frank Shorter’s won the 1972 Olympic marathon and set off the first running boom. Lyle graduated from the Elgin High School cross country and track … Continue reading →

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You just never know about running form

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Perhaps you watched the women’s marathon in the World Championship. And perhaps you saw a runner from Japan named Mao Kiyota racing the entire distance with a stiff arm motion that kept her wrists well below her waistline. It was … Continue reading →

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Are dreams important?

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

How are your dreams? Are they intense and in color? Or do they fade so quickly when you rise in the morning that you cannot remember them? Last night I dreamt that I was out on a trip somewhere with … Continue reading →

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Madison Half Marathon greetings

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

The truth about running half marathons is that you really should train for them. That was evidenced by the performance of my fiancee Sue, who ran with confidence and decent cadence for all 13.1 miles of the race in Madison, … Continue reading →

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I wanted to see what a woman could do

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

Back when I was a freshman in college, the first two women came out for the cross country. Gwen and Lynn were the pioneers for women’s running at Luther. They trained together daily and ran with the men on occasion. … Continue reading →

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Follow the groundhog, she said

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

We left from Batavia at 5:00 a.m. to run the Rockford 10k.The drive from Batavia takes about an hour. Of course, we did not anticipate that the entire exit ramp to I-39 into Rockford would be closed for repairs. Nor did … Continue reading →

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