Category Archives: We Run and Ride Every Day

These are the main posts. The big, thought-provoking, original ideas about running and riding.

You’ll be glad to know that the pain really matters

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Pain tolerance and the dentist chair Sitting in the dentist chair with heavy lead vest draped on my chest and a dental assistant prepping the x-ray machine for another set of images, I thought back to the many other trips … Continue reading →

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Your sock drawer may be key to success in life

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Many years back there was a Thorlo sock campaign in which people ran marathons in their Thorlo socks as a means to prove the quality of the Thorlo brand. Thorlos really are a superior sock. The thickest … Continue reading →

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Time out of mind in the triathlon

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth The beach in Racine, Wisconsin must be shockingly cold in wintertime. There is nothing stopping the winds from the northeast with 300 miles of cold and sullen lake to put a murderous chill in the wind. But … Continue reading →

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Ever been really lost on the run or ride? Or in life?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth If you’re a runner or a cyclist, or even a swimmer who gets out into open water, you have likely experienced the awful feeling of getting lost. Out in the woods It doesn’t happen that often for … Continue reading →

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Running, riding and the fine art of creatively bitching up a storm.

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Not every run and ride is a soul-lifting testament to the joys of running and riding. Some days just feel like crap physically, and other days your mind just isn’t into it. It seems sometimes that no … Continue reading →

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The tarsnake of no helmets on little kids

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp Tarsnakes come in many forms, as we now know. My fellow blogger Monte Wehrkamp noticed that the tarsnake of no helmets on little kids in biking contraptions is getting all too common.   Out and about this … Continue reading →

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One good run or ride can make a summer

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth We left at 6:00 in the morning, taking back roads from St. Charles, Illinois to Fontana, Wisconsin on back roads. The route itself was conceived years ago by someone trying to avoid the growing traffic risks and … Continue reading →

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Running and riding to the beach

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In my very early 20s, I was offered a chance to have a free week on Assateague Island if I drove a family’s car down from Illinois to their cabin on the shore. Problem was, the car … Continue reading →

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Share the Road. Who, me?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I have an ugly little confession to make. No, it’s not that I look dopey in this picture. It’s that I hate sharing the road with some kinds of cyclists as much as you do. C’mon, admit … Continue reading →

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Thinking on your bare feet

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Of course we know there is a whole movement toward barefoot running, about which some of us are completely convinced and others, completely equivocal. One has reason to ruminate on such subjects while walking barefoot with the dog on on … Continue reading →

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