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What stresses you out?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Standing at the starting line of the Gasparilla 8K in Tampa, I had cleared my mind of just about everything in preparation for the race. But that had taken some work. My wife’s race started at six in the morning, … Continue reading →

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What goes on in the mind of a runner?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

People who don’t like to run or find it boring often ask the same question: “What do you think about all that time?” Of course there’s no pat answer to that question. Runners think about a lot of things during … Continue reading →

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No grumping allowed

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night around 2:00 am I awoke thinking about yesterday’s blog and a passage to which I referred to the feeling of loss one can accumulate with age. This is what I wrote the feelings I had while lining up … Continue reading →

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Vacation racin’ in the human salad

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The starting pen at the Gasparilla 8K was low on competitors lined up in the 6:30-7:30 per mile pace. I’d started far at the back of the pack lined up for the race, which numbered more than 5,000. It was … Continue reading →

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Explosive evidence

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Heading into my senior year in college, I was desperate for a summer job when my best friend’s father offered me summer work as a janitor at a building called International Towers. It sat at the junction of Cumberland  Road … Continue reading →

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Clockwise and counterclockwise

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Originally posted on We Run and Ride:
? Photo of a running track taken while approaching Midway Airport southwest of Chicago. When you think about it, there’s no real reason the hands of a clock rotate ‘clockwise.’ The same result…

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A total eclipse of the run

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Perhaps we’ve become so accustomed as a society to seeing things hyped beyond reason it is normal to feel jaded when something really special comes along. Here in northern Illinois, last summer’s total eclipse of the sun was indeed dramatic … Continue reading →

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Bloody good to be alive

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This morning’s training session was conducted on a very busy indoor track at the Vaughn Center, the health club facility to which we belong in Aurora. There were two separate youth track teams working out, a pickup basketball game infringing … Continue reading →

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Sock drawer politics

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This weekend a band of twenty-something children moved out from our house into their own apartment 15 miles away. The move was a delightful mix of chaos and organization. I’ve packed moving vans so many times over the years the … Continue reading →

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Come with me on a little run in the morning light and falling snow

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

A near silent hiss of granular snow had fallen overnight. This was a surprise to see as I opened the blinds to peek into the pre-morning gloom. “Huh, snow,” I muttered to myself. Sue was already down in the exercise room … Continue reading →

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