Category Archives: Tarsnakes

Tarsnakes, like the namesake tar patterns on roads across America, are in the context of this blog any allegorical event, thought or other phenomena that can trip you up along the way, or cause you to swerve or even crash. While tarsnakes are usually best avoided, at times they are unavoidable. And so, we discuss how to deal with these “life events” that either affect or stem from your running and riding.

Still, a tarsnake or other road or surface feature when viewed up close can reveal hidden beauty and perhaps even wisdom.

10 Things You Have To Hope Don’t Happen in 2014 If You Run and Ride

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

10 Things You Have To Hope Don’t Happen in 2014 If You Run and Ride By Christopher Cudworth All that positive, encouraging stuff you’re about to read for New Year’s is all well and good. Stuff like resolutions and inspirational … Continue reading →

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No room at the Inn

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

It is interesting to me that so many morality tales don’t really follow up on the real premise of what they are intended to convey. Potters For example, in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, we witness Mr. Potter stealing … Continue reading →

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A running (and riding) feud with Coca-Cola

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

I used to be a big fan of Pepsi-Cola and RC Cola. Both are a bit sweeter-tasting than good old Coca-Cola, the standard by which all other colas is measured. Taste is a big factor in why people choose colas … Continue reading →

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How running and riding help you adapt to changes in life

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth It is so easy to fall into routines in life that we resist change when it inevitably comes along. People get comfortable and they want everything to stay the same. It happens all the time, and in … Continue reading →

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Sugar. Ah, honey honey.

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

I have a sweet tooth. I know. It’s horrible, right? It’s embarrassing to confess such a weakness. Fortunately you don’t have the same problem I do. Sweets and sugars and hidden sugars in Wheat Thins and other products don’t pull … Continue reading →

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How running and riding made me a liberal who circles all the way back around to being a conservative

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth All of us get our political, religious and social views from somewhere. Some are formed in youth with the manner in which our parents raise us. Yet the world is full of people who became conservative after … Continue reading →

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What is your Kryptonite?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth As a little kid who came into possession of a Superman costume at the age of 7 one Halloween, I learned the very human limitations of my very human body the hard way. Although the costume made … Continue reading →

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Okay, Chad Stafko, you write for the Wall Street Journal, Get over it.

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Hey Chad Stafko. I read that article you wrote for the Wall Street Journal about how runners are supposedly self-glorifying stupes. It is subtitled “Running a marathon is hard enough without also patting yourself on the back … Continue reading →

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Orange you glad your appetites have grown up, or have they?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I don’t really like to talk about the Great Marshmallow Peanut Incident of 7 Years Old, but for the sake of journalism the events will be related here. As a young kid with a Sweet Tooth the … Continue reading →

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We run and ride where zombies are behind the wheel

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Gaper’s block. Rubbernecking. Whether you call it rubbernecking or  gaper’s block, the fact that traffic can back up for miles on an expressway or other road because people slow down to look at a seeming tragedy  is … Continue reading →

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