Category Archives: running

How Marathon Santa keeps me humble

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Having been known to brag a little in this blog, it is time for me to reveal the method that keeps me humble in the long term. The story is true, and it lives on in our family … Continue reading →

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Recurring dreams. I’m only sleeping.

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

So this is my blog and if I want to digress once in a blue moon I shall choose to do so. Hence the following blog about a recurring dream. It starts with my late wife Linda and I traveling in … Continue reading →

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There are times when it is actually acceptable to give up or give in a little

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

This past Sunday morning a group of 10 cyclists took off on a 50-mile ride from Aurora out to Big Rock and back. The course was nicely crafted by an engineer in our group for an enjoyable route of quiet … Continue reading →

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Who is she?

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

She doesn’t mind the shape of my legs, Or that I might shave them. She cares not that I devote a little time out on the road. In fact she’s always with me in one way or another. She knows … Continue reading →

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Cigarettes and chocolate milk and the challenges of temptation

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Admit it. The biggest challenge in your training isn’t the hard work it takes to get fit. It isn’t the pain you suffer from giving 100% effort. It isn’t even the injuries or the illness that make … Continue reading →

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Mortal soles and immortal souls

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

While driving from Batavia, Illinois to Decorah, Iowa for a reunion at Luther College this past weekend, I performed a little math in my head. In a way I’ve always loved numbers, but adding them up in my head is has … Continue reading →

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The Ebola virus is about to run rampant

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I have this friend that gets sick fairly often. When he gets sick, he gets very sick. Coughing, hacking, spitting blood even. For years he has jokingly called these episodes for what they are. “I have Ebola,” … Continue reading →

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There’s a little Apocalypto in us all

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth There are certain movies that are watchable again and again. One of my guilty cinematic pleasures is the movie Apocalypto. It is directed by Mel Gibson, whose Passion of the Christ and Braveheart films are some of the … Continue reading →

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What a 5K for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and National Mental Health Awareness week can teach us all about healthy minds

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth For the last six or seven years it has been a joy to rise on an early October morning to support a local race in Batavia, Illinois called the NAMI 5k. The race raises money each year … Continue reading →

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A long and complicated relationship with the shower

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth As a matter of tradition, the phrase “hit the showers, boys!” used to ring out after every high school and college athletic practice. We’d drag our tired bodies back to the locker room, strip naked and stand under … Continue reading →

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