- Follow We Run and Ride on WordPress.com
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
Categories
- 10K
- 13.1
- 400 meter intervals
- 400 workouts
- 5K
- aging
- aging is not for the weak of heart
- anxiety
- bike accidents
- bike crash
- bike wobble
- blood on the highway
- boxing
- Christopher Cudworth
- climbing
- college
- competition
- coronavirus
- covid-19
- cross country
- cycling
- cycling the midwest
- cycling threats
- death
- Depression
- diet
- doing pulls in cycling
- duathlon
- evangelical Christianity
- foregiveness
- game of chicken
- gay marriage
- God
- half marathon
- hating cyclists
- healthy aging
- healthy senior
- I hate cyclists
- injury
- internet trolls
- IRONMAN
- it never gets easier you just go faster
- life and death
- marathon
- marathon santa
- marathon training
- Mechanical Genius
- mental health
- mental illness
- mountain biking
- nature
- Open Carry
- PEAK EXPERIENCES
- race pace
- racing peak
- religious liberty
- riding
- road kill lovers
- running
- same sex adults
- sex
- Share the Road
- steeplechase
- swimming
- Tarsnakes
- the rules velominati
- tour de france
- track and field
- trail running
- training
- training for a marathon
- TRAINING PEAKS
- tri-bikes
- triathlete
- triathlon
- triathlons
- trolls
- Uncategorized
- we run and ride
- We Run and Ride Every Day
- werunandride
- When the other man is an Ironman
- women
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsLeave a comment!
Tag Archives: anxiety
Wrestling with fear and purification
One of the things I frankly fear as a writer is “missing the mark.” It happens now and then. Clients are typically frustrated or angered by that outcome. In a worst case scenario, that means going back to the starting … Continue reading
Transfer of excellence
While many of my peers are retiring or planning to do so in the near future, I have no plans to retire for another ten years or so. There are many reasons for that having to do with career shifts … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, Depression, mental health, PEAK EXPERIENCES, racing peak, swimming, training, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged 70.3 triathlon, anxiety, competition's son, content strategist, covid19, expectations, fear, fear of failure, fear of success, full creative forces, impact of fear, rescuing Christianity from the grip of tradition, retirement, retiring, The Right Kind of Pride, transfer of excellence
Leave a comment
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
2 Comments
Dealing with anxiety in an anxious age
This pandemic anxiety and the economic worries that come it it make the world feel as if it is locked in worried state and unable to get out. Perhaps there is something to be learned from this era, because the … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, running, sex
Tagged anxiety, anxious age, coronavirus, covid-19, dealing with anxiety, Depression, invisible flame
Leave a comment
Screw the crack of dawn sometimes
I’ve always been an early riser. As a kid, I took off before dawn to go fishing in nearby creeks and rivers. As an early teen, I took on a paper route that started at 5:30 a.m. During high school … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth
Tagged anxiety, crack of dawn, running, training, triathlon, yoga
Leave a comment
Sleep it off now and then
During the summer months we often wake quite early to run or ride before the wind and heat pick up. A few times this summer I even rode in the morning on weekdays. That required getting out the door by … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, swimming, track and field, training, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged anxiety, arianna huffington sleep, Depression, getting good sleep, getting more sleep, sleeping in, swim form, swimming, taking naps, training, triathlon
Leave a comment
Have you ever been broken?
Recently a young runner friend who is just a year out of college made a confession on Facebook. He related his experience with depression and urged others to seek help and counseling. Depression can leave a person feeling defeated and … Continue reading
High expectations. Low drama.
In the weeks leading up to her Ironman Louisville event, my wife Sue was quite busy with her job. For one thing, she was out of town handling job responsibilities for a week. Then she got back with a day … Continue reading
What’s it like to go really nuts?
Ten years ago in the throes of caring simultaneously for a wife with cancer and a father who was a stroke victim, the emotional toil became too great. I met with my doctor who prescribed an anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medication … Continue reading
The Dragoon and The Blaggard
Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us like a good revenge story. Almost every Clint Eastwood movie from the 1970s was about revenge. You know the plot. Cowboy gets beat up. Cowboy goes into hiding. Cowboy … Continue reading
