Tag Archives: Christopher Cudworth

Victoria’s real secret

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

Victoria’s Secret is one of the better merchandisers on this planet. They use every marketing technique available to sell product. From direct mail to text marketing,  email to producing that annual underwear fest they call a TV show. It’s all … Continue reading →

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One of these (those) days

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

There are days when you roll through everything. Things go well enough that they seem to have gotten finished. Bills get paid. Work gets done. There might even be some inspired behavior between all those practicalities. We all have our … Continue reading →

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A Christmas tradition

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

For the last 30 years or so, I’ve risen on Christmas morning to go for a run at a local golf course near the home of my in-laws. While the families slowly tumble out of bed at their respective rates, … Continue reading →

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A Christmas tree with history

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

There is a white fence installed at the front of my house. I put it in the ground perhaps 18 years ago. It needs paint this spring but other than that it is not rotted or likely to fall down … Continue reading →

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Dogging it too

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday the topic was “dogging it” in workouts to avoid unnecessary effort and pain. But one of the ironies of the human languague is that a term like “dogging it” can be so close to a term such as “being … Continue reading →

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Breaking sexism’s back

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

I wrote a piece on a different blog this week titled Thus Spoke Vagina. It addresses the many ways women in this world must deal with both the control and ignorance men try to place on them. I’ve written also … Continue reading →

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Making it happen

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

This past summer while shopping for running shoes at Naperville Running Company, I met a young man that worked at the shop during breaks between school years at North Central College. We talked about running for a bit and one … Continue reading →

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With thanks to dad in the long run

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

I’ve often related a story of how my running career actually got started in high school. As an eighth grader that previous fall, I’d won the local Punt, Pass & Kick competition in the town of Elburn, Illinois, advancing to … Continue reading →

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The view from the hospital

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth

Ever since 2000, the year my father had his quintuple bypass surgery, followed by his stroke two years later, and the death of my mother in 2005, my life’s journey has involved visits to quite a few hospital beds. That’s … Continue reading →

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Come along with Christopher Cudworth on a nature run!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Christopher Cudworth
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