Category Archives: We Run and Ride Every Day

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

A ride with a daughter on Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth “I might like to go for a bike ride,” she told me. “Well, your mother’s bike is pretty sweet,” I replied. “It’s a Trek Navigator 2.0. A nice trail bike.” We lost her mother to cancer in … Continue reading →

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Busy doin’ nothin’ till we run and ride

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s great when you get on a training roll and time seems to expand to allow you the freedom and focus to ride or run everyday. But of course it doesn’t always work that way. Busy Doin’ Nothin’ I had … Continue reading →

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Singing along as we run and ride

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth On a recent Saturday afternoon a band called What’s On Tap made it’s world debut on a stage perched at the edge of a wooded property where rose-breasted grosbeaks and purple finches sang background vocals in the … Continue reading →

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Tattoo you: more to the picture than meets the eye

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

For a long time I’ve sort of resisted the idea that tattoos are beautiful or necessary. Yet a number of recent experiences have convinced me that something interesting and good may be going on with the entire world of tattoos. … Continue reading →

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What does a smashed turtle on the road really mean?

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

At the tail end of a pleasant 25 mile bike ride this past Saturday morning, I was feeling good about the new bike fit and riding with a pair of riders who happened up behind me at a stop light … Continue reading →

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What the hell do you know about mountain biking?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth The thing about mountain biking is that to do it right, you had better know what the hell you’re doing. Wander off on the wrong trail and kiddo, there’s no easy way back. Rocks and drops and … Continue reading →

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How running and riding help conquer your fears

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Fear is the emotion that too commonly keeps people from reaching their potential in all phases of life. We fear failure. We fear success. We fear rejection. We fear lack of will. We fear the unknown. We … Continue reading →

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Problem solving on the run has a poster child

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth There are two types of problems that need to be solved in this world. 1) Immediate problems, such as things going wrong right now. 2) Long term problems, as in challenges that need to be solved through … Continue reading →

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Doing the possible so the impossible can happen

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

 By Christopher Cudworth There are accomplishments about which we all dream. Personal records we strive to achieve. At times these goals seem unreachable. Impossible. But we persist, doing the small things that add up to big changes in our bodies, … Continue reading →

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The antithesis of fitness

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Having spent all of my life exercising my brains and guts out, running so far and so long that my body almost evaporated several times in the heat, it can be hard at times to pause and … Continue reading →

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