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Tag Archives: Christopher Cudworth
Sweet season: A simple matter of focus and effort
This is the sixth in a series of articles about the Sweet Season of 1978, my college senior year when our Luther College team placed second in the nation in NCAA Division III cross country. To follow the chronological narrative … Continue reading
A sweet season heats up
This is the fourth in a series of articles about the Sweet Season of 1978, my college senior year when our Luther College team placed second in the nation in NCAA Division III cross country. Volume one • Volume two • Volume … Continue reading
Posted in cross country, Uncategorized
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, competition, distance running, endurance sports, love, Luther College, run, runner, running, sex, sweet season, training
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A taste of bittersweet early in the sweet season
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
Posted in 10K, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, running
Tagged 10000 meters, 5000 meters, bittersweet moments, Chris Cudworth, Christopher Cudworth, college roommate, college teammate, cross country, freshman year, Luther College, national cross country meet, running, track and field
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No date with destiny, but a lesson or two worth learning
In 1981 the world was going nuts for running. The second phase of the American running boom was in full swing. As an avid runner, I thought (and was sincerely hoping) that it might mean women would find me more … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, running
Tagged #metoo, carlos castaneda, Christopher Cudworth, dating an older woman, no date with destiny, perpetual motion machine, pot smoker, runner's high, running, running on the track, sexual, sexual energy, smoking pot, some lessons are never forgotten, strides perfectly synchronized, tomorrow never knows, too young to get married, turkish weed, what in the hell was reality
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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
Reverse psychology at the indoor track
I joined a training partner yesterday for an indoor track workout. He was doing 4 X 1M and I had time to get in a couple intervals with him and we had fun, doing both at 7:00 pace. But it … Continue reading
Shut up and run
Perhaps you’ve been through a phase in life in which you’re not so proud, or weren’t so happy. It’s quite common for example at 19 or 20 years old, to go all Goth in the head and question everything you … Continue reading
Posted in running, Uncategorized
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, running, shut up and run, we run and ride
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Think purple for Pat Hill today
For all its Big Box glory and global commerce, America still tries to support its local treasures. One of those local treasures sits in the little town of Kaneville, 45 miles west of Chicago. As a farming town for more … Continue reading
Honey I Shrunk The Bike
I have a confession to make. I’m sitting here eating the last bowl of cereal from a box of Cap’n Crunch that I purchased on sale at our local Jewel grocery store. It was a bit of nostalgia to into … Continue reading
Hybrid dreams
Midway through my ride yesterday, I turned right from Burr Road onto Silver Glen Road heading east toward a bridge across the Fox River. It was a mellow ride thus far, a bit of recovery two days after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, hybrid, hybrid bikes, hybrid dreams, hybrid guy, triathlon, triathlon training
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