Category Archives: running

Running and riding from here to eternity

Last night on the way out of a networking event, I was walking along with an associate toward our cars. We both looked up at the night sky. I remarked that the big planet in the western sky might be … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, running, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Running head on into your personal brand

For the last two years I’ve written this blog, my objective has been to engage readers with original, hopefully knowledgeable insights on running and riding. The tagline is “original thoughts on running and riding.” And some swimming. Some of the … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, running, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Commemorating 50 Years of Luther College Women’s Athletics

In 1975 when I enrolled as a freshman at Luther College, the very first two women signed up to compete in cross country. At the time I had no idea that women’s sports at the college had only started 10 years … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, running, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

10 Reasons Why You Can’t Wait for Spring

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, running | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Celebrating the fitness of youth

As my companion Sue and I did a workout of 6 X 800 on the Batavia High School indoor track this morning, we noticed that a couple kids had showed up with their parents to run. Between intervals I jogged over … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, running | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

You do your best with the body (and brain) that you have

As children we imagine that all things are possible. You can be what you want to be. That childlike innocence has its purpose. It enables the mind to grow unhindered. We explore through play. Some of us take up that banner … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, duathlon, marathon, running, Tarsnakes, triathlon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

10 Reasons Why You Should Go Out and Buy New Running Shoes

Posted in duathlon, half marathon, marathon, running, triathlon | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Running and riding through personal history

I belong to XSport, a fitness club with two locations within 5 miles of my house, one in Batavia where I live and one in St. Charles, just up the road. The St. Charles location is on Randall Road, one … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, running, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

On Sports Illustrated, Victoria’s Secret, tattoos and other not so secret displays of self

As a devout liberal and Progressive thinker, I’m all for people being and doing what they want with their bodies. Yet something in me recoils at the manufactured imagery of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. Or for that matter, the airbrushed models in … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, duathlon, half marathon, marathon, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, triathlon, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Liv Cycling’s newest Ambassador shares the joys of cycling and triathlon

By Christopher Cudworth Sarah Wangerin Farsalas is a resident of Wheaton, Illinois. But that’s just a point of reference for the spectrum of highly mobile adventures in which she engages. Farsalas is first and foremost a mother of three children. That keeps … Continue reading

Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, half marathon, marathon, running, swimming, triathlon | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment