Category Archives: running

How do you view yourself as a runner?

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Recently I did a little sketch of a male and female runner together. While drawing it, I was thinking about the runners I know that have the best form, at full speed. As a lifelong artist, I have always enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Last evening while driving from home to my art studio for a painting session, the clouds to the east grew dark at twilight. Then the sun broke through from the west and caught the edge of the clouds. Up from … Continue reading →

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No better place than Decorah, Iowa

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

As a freshman at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, the new environment around our college campus was a mystery. Those first few weeks looping around town in training for cross-country amounted to one unveiling after another. There were gravel roads … Continue reading →

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Taking inspiration where you find it

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

That’s me in the lower left of this photo with the buzz cut and the happy grin. That’s because I was a basically happy kid in fourth grade. My teacher was an amazing person named Miss Kegerreis. She was blonde, … 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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A 20-miler in 80-degree heat and no water. Insane? Or just another day’s work…

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

In the early days of a warm September, our college cross country team was scheduled to run a 20-mile run. The route called for ten miles up to a school called North Winnishiek and back. We ran on the gravel … Continue reading →

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Thinking about bucket lists

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

I’ve never really sat down to make a bucket list. Perhaps you have, and it would be interesting if some of you would be motivated to share it. You don’t have to give your name if you would prefer anonymity. … Continue reading →

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America, where are you now?

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

The late 60s were a heady time to be a pre-teen in America. My brothers were insightful sources of musical taste, and my 7th-grade friends were likewise caught up in the wonders of that era. I specifically recall a classmate … Continue reading →

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The bumper crop of America

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

When I stepped out of my vehicle in the Remote Parking Lot at O’Hare airport, it shocked me to look at the front end of the car across from mine. There was an adult killdeer smashed into the grill. Killdeer … Continue reading →

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One for the ages

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

In August of 1973, heading into my junior year in high school, the world seemed as if it had shifted sideways. My father had moved our family to a new town twelves miles away from my former high school. That … Continue reading →

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