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50 Years of Running: Qualifying time
Coming off a less-than-stellar race like the one I had in Elgin, where a side stitch slowed me down, is tough on the short-term confidence. But while I was second-guessing the ten-mile race in Elgin, I heard that there was … Continue reading
Posted in 5K, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, running, track and field
Tagged Al Carius, Christopher Cudworth, distance running, joe newton, North Central College cross country, north central college track and field, we run and ride, york dukes elmhurst illinois, york high school cross country
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50 Years of Running: “Faster than you”
On April 15 of 1984, I raced on home turf for the Running Unlimited store in Arlingtonn Heights. Though it had rained overnight, and dawn arrived with 43-degree temps, I was eager as hell to run a five-mile race after … Continue reading
Posted in 5K, adhd, Christopher Cudworth, competition, healthy aging, mental health, nature, race pace, racing peak
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, distance running, we run and ride
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50 Years of Running: And pocketfuls of money
While my quasi-job search continued, and freelance work kept trickling in, I mused whether to continue the solo journey or go to grad school. I’d made one inquiry years before about getting a Master’s Degree in Art from Northern Illinois … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, love, mental health, race pace, running, training
Tagged alpha males, art sales, art show, Chicago running, Christopher Cudworth, government contract, NIU, Northern Illinois University, omega females, rich kid syndrome, runner, running, Shamrock Shuffle, transfer of excellence, village of Wayne
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50 Years of Running: Unlimited
As the fall racing season wore down in 1983, I managed to race twice in November, a 32:08 10K on the 6th and a 32:26 10K in the Vertel’s Turkey Trot on November 20. The splits in that race indicated … Continue reading
Posted in cross country, fear, mental health, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, running, running shoes, training, training for a marathon
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, just do it campaign, nike sponsored athlete, racing team, road racing, runner, running on the roads, Running unlimited, Sign me up
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50 Years of Running: Time to fly
Heading into the month of September 1983, I looked at the schedule and planned a three-week period of quality training to prepare for races. First I drove up to Luther College to have a go during the Intrasquad race. “Gonna … Continue reading
Posted in 400 meter intervals, 400 workouts, 5K, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, complete athlete track club, cross country, distance running, eagles in the sky, federal duck stamp contest, hard training, lake shore track club, Running unlimited, soaring eagles
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50 Years of Running: Hilarity on the move
As any runner knows, it is conversations that help make the miles go by in training. The ribbing and joking, the racing tales and discussions about dating, and more. These are the graces that get you through hours on the … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, anxiety, college, competition, love, mental health, nature, race pace, racing peak, running, running shoes
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, hilarity on the run, long runs, long slow distance, movie director, movies, Nike running shoes, porn movies, porn star, running, word games
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50 Years of Running: I got the news
Broadway Duchess…darling if you only knew…Half as much as, everybody thinks you do “I Got the News,” by Steely Dan, from the album Aja During my nightly runs in the City of Geneva where I lived, I’d often glance at … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, corporate transfer, philly office, racing, road racing, running, van kampen merritt
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50 Years of Running: Life tectonics
By the winter of 1981, I’d completed much of the fictional book Admissions that I’d written on the train while commuting to Chicago. One of the main characters in the book was a professor that invented a concept called Life … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, college, competition, cross country, love, mental health, nature, running, running shoes
Tagged admissions, andrew mccarthy, Christopher Cudworth, Decorah Iowa, distance running, jacqueline bisset, life tectonics, Luther College, plate tectonic theory, rob lowe, running, sex and running, the movie class, theory of evolution
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50 Years of Running: Chicago Time
I have an embarrassing confession to make about starting the job with Van Kampen Merritt in the late summer of 1980. On the first day of work, I was scheduled to show up at 208 S. LaSalle, the office headquarters … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Christopher Cudworth, running
Tagged admissions, chicago time, Christopher Cudworth, city of chicago, rookery chicago, writing
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50 Years of Running: A Bird’s Eye View of Life
As college cross country season ended in the fall of 1976, I started thinking about what to do during January interim. The previous year I drew nudes for six hours a day. That was enlightening. But my other keen interest … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, mental health, nature, racing peak, running, sex, track and field, training
Tagged a bird's eye view of life, bird art, birding, birds, buick lesabre, Christopher Cudworth, cornell, cornell university laboratory of ornithology, louis agassiz fuertes, ornithology, running, sapsucker woods, snow belt, we run and ride, wildlife art
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