Category Archives: We Run and Ride Every Day

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

Phoning it in ain’t what it used to be

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

The definition of today’s phrase of the day, to “Phone it in…” is provided by the Urban Dictionary, where you can find out what things really mean in modern terms.  Phone it in: to perform an act in a perfunctory, uncommitted fashion, … Continue reading →

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Having the courage to go slow is the fast track to running and riding success

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Go slow. In fact, go slow for much of your training. Whether you run or ride, using slower runs and training rides is key to building baseline fitness. If you don’t go slow, but only go medium … Continue reading →

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Hanging out with a great bike

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Everyone who rides has a bike history. It’s unavoidable. For example, my brother-in-law took up cycling in his early 20s. First he bought a steel frame Trek 400, a decent bike for its time. As he got into riding I … Continue reading →

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Paying it forward as a runner, teacher and coach

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Cathy Ganshirt Morlock has long been a successful educator in the Marion, Virginia school system where when she teaches 5th grade students. In 2012 she was named the district’s Teacher of the Year for her leadership and best practices in … Continue reading →

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Running with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Race relations remain an uncomfortable topic in America. Our first black President promised to make things easier, but in many ways that promise cannot be fulfilled by one man or one change in the political landscape. It takes all of … Continue reading →

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Can we ever really run or ride in someone’s else’s shoes?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

During an Anniversary Event this past weekend at the Eckheart Gallery in Decorah, Iowa where I show my paintings, I grew tired from talking to people and retreated to the studio where my former teacher and now friend Douglas Eckheart does … Continue reading →

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Lance Armstrong rides into the present in Oprah Winfrey interview

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Like a man coming up for air, Lance Armstrong burst through the surface of his deep and fantastic past to breathe the air of reality during his interview with Oprah Winfrey on the OWN network. Whether those initial gulps of … Continue reading →

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Streetlights may be Life In Hell for those who run and ride

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Years ago when cartoonist Matt Groening had not yet burst onto the national scene with The Simpsons, his work was featured in alternative newspapers around the country. His main feature was a strip called Life In Hell, which the the … Continue reading →

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Are running and riding a self-indulgence?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

A friend with whom I went to high school and college was living in his girlfriend’s house on Menominee Street in Chicago when I returned to the Midwest after a job in Philadelphia was terminated. It wasn’t just the job … Continue reading →

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The philosophy of staying upright when you run and ride on ice

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In case no one has told you before, the goal when you go out to run and ride is to stay vertical. On your feet. Perched on your bike. Most of us do a pretty good job … Continue reading →

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