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Tag Archives: Christopher Cudworth
A new way of racing through life
As the cancer treatments from 2006 did their work on my wife, she eventually moved into a period of remission. But it wasn’t an easy path. After eight rounds of harsh chemo, they told her that she’d done the ‘Gold … Continue reading
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50 Years of Running: Cataclysmic convergence
My competitive instincts had not abated much in my early forties, but one quickly learns as a caregiver that being competitive is not the answer to every problem. In fact, it constitutes an answer to few problems. It doesn’t help … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, Christopher Cudworth, competition, fear, foregiveness, life and death, running, we run and ride
Tagged 360 degree review, adhd, cancer, cancer cells, cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy, Christopher Cudworth, competition, competitive instincts, competitor, daily herald, distance running, gynecological oncology, hospice, life and death, newspaper industry, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prognosis, sponsorships, stroke, stroke victim, surgery, work performance
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50 Years of Running: Going Big Time
After the 9/11 tragedy rocked just about everything in American life, people looked for normalcy just about any way they could find it. At the same time, the newspaper industry in which I worked was getting slammed right and left … Continue reading
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Tagged audit bureau of circulation, big ticket reading project, cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy, Christopher Cudworth, circulation, daily herald, life, life experience, literacy, newspaper circulation, newspaper industry, newspapers, ovarian cancer, runner, running
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50 Years of Running: Moving meditation
When I landed the job as an editorial writer for the Daily Herald, nothing excited me more than producing weekly columns for publication in the newspaper. I’d first done a column back in 1980 when I was just out of … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, foregiveness, healthy senior, mental health, running
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, distance running, editorial writer, home schooling, homeschool, ideation, meditation, moving meditation, runner, running, triathlon, we run and ride, writer
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50 Years of Running: Circling back
Back when I lived in Paoli, Pennsylvania (182-83) during a short stint with the marketing department at Van Kampen Merritt in Philadelphia, I joined a great group of runners through the Runner’s Edge running store. Most of those guys, the … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Of Stinky Feet and Blinding Stress
In 1995 I was thirty-eight years old with a wife and two kids, and suddenly, out of work. The ENVIRONS business I’d cobbled together with a spate of contracts fizzled out with the failure of the development company to land … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Getting On Track With Rotary
During the same set of years that I served with the Batavia Chamber of Commerce, I signed up for the local Rotary International club in Batavia. I already had a history of working with service clubs and organizations. My friends … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Stumbling into “real life.”
Thus far in this series on 50 Years of Running, I invited readers on a journey through my competitive career beginning with high school cross country and going through college and beyond. Then I went back and covered the formative … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, running, we run and ride
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50 Years of Running: About religious dedication
A longtime female friend told me a few years back that she recalls walking the streets of small-town Elburn with me as I philosophized about various issues. That’s no way to win the heart of a girl. Somehow I could … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, evangelical Christianity, God, life and death, religious liberty, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged book about religion, Chris Cudworth, christian nationalism, christian religion, Christianity, christianity and politics, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, dr richard simon hanson, honest to goodness, honesty, ping pong, publishing on amazon, reality check, religion, religious dedication, table tennis, triathlon
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50 Years of Running: Transition time
Forty years after my 1984 engagement as an essentially ‘full-time runner,’ I got interested in triathlon and started competing in Sprint and Olympic distance events. I quickly learned that the most awkward part of triathlons are the transitions, those moments … Continue reading
Posted in adhd, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, life and death, love, mental health, running, running shoes, track and field
Tagged 10-mile race, 10K race, boy scouts of america, Christopher Cudworth, distance running, engagement, lutheran church, marriage, olympic distance triathlon, pastor, running, triathlon, wedding ceremony, wedding ring, weddings
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