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The dreams we have should never be so common they aren’t special anymore.
I’ve mentioned that my Garmin Fenix sports watch tracks my sleep as well as the miles I swim, ride and run. Every morning I can wake to see how much Deep Sleep, Light Sleep, and REM Sleep I’ve managed overnight. … Continue reading
Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year!
This marks the eighth year for this blog. I write it for many reasons. But mostly I write it for the feeling of connection and expression that comes from “Original thoughts on running and riding.” I have some fun plans … Continue reading
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Tagged happy holidays, happy new year, merry Christmas
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Summer’s almost over. Do you love autumn?
The cool rains driven by early September storms have come to the Midwest. The dry grasses of August don’t know what to do with all this sudden moisture. Our drought is perhaps broken, but the browns will perhaps persist all … Continue reading
Squirrel!
This morning my wife let our dog Lucy out the door to greet me at the moment when two squirrels ran out from beneath the line of cedar trees next to our lawn. Lucy gave chase to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, healthy aging, life and death, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged anxiety, anxiety and ADHD, anxiety and exercise, anxiety disorder, Depression, depression and exercise, distracted, distraction, squirrel, squirrels
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Karah Osterberg is a doggone good triathlete
On occasion here at We Run and Ride, we profile an interesting athlete. Over the eight-plus years this blog has existed, we’ve interviewed dozens of people from local heroes to world class athletes and even world champions such as Craig … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, IRONMAN, running, swimming, tri-bikes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride
Tagged bike trainer treadmill running, competitive swimmer, competitive swimming, dog fostering, ironman, ironman triathlete, Ironman triathlon, karah osterberg, kona qualifier, madison multisport, Prairie Path Bicycles, rescue dogs, Steven Brandes, swimming, Trek bicycles, triathlon coach, triathlon coaching
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An overflow of concern for our world and our climate
Yesterday during my attempt at a three-mile run, I met up with flooding at an intersection where a road managed by a local township connects with streets within the jurisdiction of our village. The roads were completely underwater. Flooding from … Continue reading
The Tar Bubble Chronicles
During my run today I looked down and saw a few small bubbles poking up from the surface of the tar at the edge of the road. I stopped and bent down to use the tip of my pointer finger … Continue reading
The cause and effect of our own circumstance
Yesterday afternoon while cleaning out the bird feed bins I looked around for the container of black oil sunflower seed that has supplied the cardinals and other birds with food all winter. It started with a 60 lb. bag from … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, creationism, evolution, nature
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Turning it inside out on the track
We’ve had some wicked rains the last few days here in Illinois. The Geneva Middle School track where I do speed workouts was covered with dead or dying worms. There were robins so stuffed with the free food they barely … Continue reading
On actually seeing a woman
This morning on the way to the train station for her weekly once-weekly commute, my wife pulled an item out of her purse and opened it up. “I have new lipstick,” she told me. She applied it by memory, checked … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, track and field, training, tri-bikes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride, We Run and Ride Every Day, women
Tagged female triathletes, on actually seeing a woman, women, women athletes, women runners, women swimmers, women triathletes
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