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.

The tarsnake of a runaway infection

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Following a 40-mile bike ride on a beautiful fall morning, it was a pleasure to get out in the back yard to do some late summer weeding and cleanup. The garden was cleared of extra weeds by … Continue reading →

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10 Great Ways to Maintain Motivation and Improve Results from Morning Workouts

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

10 Great Ways to Maintain Motivation and Improve Results from Morning Workouts By Christopher Cudworth  Getting up early to work out is both a science and an art. Having conducted many failed experiments in the science and art of morning … Continue reading →

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Are people who run and ride canaries in a coalmine on global warming?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

On the run (or ride) from global climate change As a worldwide scientific consensus on the issue of global warming continues to build, the community of ideological naysayers who think the earth is simply too big to be impacted by … Continue reading →

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On the run with The Pretender

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth The Pretender (click link to video) “I’m gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway, Gonna pack my lunch in the morning and go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I’ll … Continue reading →

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Life is better when you love to run or ride

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth She told me “Baby, when you race today Just take along my love with you And if you knew how much I loved you Baby nothing could go wrong with you” –The Beach Boys Have you ever … Continue reading →

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And now, a biblically scary message for our times about tarsnakes and running and riding

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth “All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.” –Theodor Adorno “You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re … Continue reading →

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It all seems to come together

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Somewhere in the ancient history of the area now known as Southwest Wisconsin, oceans once covered the earth. The seas that covered much of central North America left deep layers of silica and shells that hardened into … Continue reading →

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We run and ride and swim. And then we drink. Sometimes too much.

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In the summer before starting college the group of guys that ran together and hung together began plotting a major league blowout party for an end-of-summer sendoff. We all got blotto. Drunk. Falling down stupefied. And maybe … Continue reading →

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August Answers

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

August Answers By Christopher Cudworth There’s an audio joke that involves chirping crickets. Often it implies that the person who has been asked a question does not know the answer. Instead we hear “silence” or the sound of chirping crickets, … Continue reading →

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Training hard when you run and ride? Not in comparison to a crappy summer job.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp in response to a shared post by Christopher Cudworth Today’s article begins with an hilarious post from a blogger at the site: It’sAlwaysSunnyRunning.com. I read her posts regularly and this one was particularly funny and true, about … Continue reading →

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