Tag Archives: 5000 meters

A taste of bittersweet early in the sweet season

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This is the second installment of eight blogs about a cross country season forty years ago. On Thursdays, I will recount a most significant period in life, a senior year in college. That’s when hard work paid off, self-belief took hold … Continue reading →

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Shedding the shoe condoms

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Earlier this week I got up to run and realized that my full-length orthotics were still in a pair of shoes perched in the back of the car my wife drove to early morning swimming. I thought about that for … Continue reading →

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Best efforts

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Thirty years ago sportswriter Kenny Moore published a compilation of his best writing about runners for Sports Illustrated. His stories included profiles of people such as David Moorcroft, the British runner who ran 13:01 for 5000 meters, breaking the world … Continue reading →

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