Category Archives: running

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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Running to the End of the World

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

You may be aware of this already, but recently there has been a large uptick in the number and urgency of people who believe that the earth is flat. It may seem silly to you, but to Flat Earthers the … Continue reading →

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Try something different today

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

On mornings when I drop my wife at the train for her commute, I circle around to Graham’s 318, a coffee shop on quaint little Third Street in Geneva, Illinois. But given the fact that I don’t like coffee, that … Continue reading →

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Transcending the vicissitudes of life

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Up until The White Album, the Beatles were a fairly unified bunch of music makers. They’d ascended to Fab Four status, toured to screaming fans, taken America by storm and were starting to feel fed up with it all. They … Continue reading →

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I’m sixty years old today. And I was born this way.

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

My mother once told me that I was born at 7:00 in the morning. That fits. It is my time of day. So many mornings I have risen for workouts that started at 7:00 a.m, or earlier. It’s like being … Continue reading →

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The pleasures and perils of positive thinking

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Positive thinking has a great reputation for changing lives, empowering individuals against adversity and helping people cognitively cope with otherwise debilitating conditions of anxiety, depression and low self-esteem brought on by issues of abuse or other negative life experiences. That … Continue reading →

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Some days it pays to weed your own mind

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night… Hoo boy, last night’s run was really hot. And humid. I ran 5.7 miles at 9:34 pace and it felt like a lot more miles than that. I even walked at some points. At some points the humidity … Continue reading →

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The jury is still out

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

I’ve been fortunate to not have much legal trouble in my life. Oh sure, there was that snafu a few years ago in which I learned how Chicago judges operate on labor laws, but beyond that, it has been largely … Continue reading →

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I break for dogs and people

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s a longtime habit of mine to stop and talk to people with dogs. Even in the middle of a run, or out on a bike ride at times, I will take a break to pet a friendly-looking dog and … Continue reading →

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Frogs on the highway

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night a low-slung rainstorm raced across northern Illinois. It dropped the temperature slightly. But it raised the humidity tremendously. As I stepped out for a morning run, a small green frog bounded through the grass and hid under the … Continue reading →

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