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Tag Archives: competition
Wear and tear and ‘wouldn’t change a thing’
While attending a Luther College reunion, I was walking next to my cross-country coach Kent Finanger, who was bent over and limping due to back issues likely related to his years of playing football and basketball during his college career. … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, alcohol, coaching, college, competition, cross country, death, Depression, foregiveness, friendship, healthy aging, healthy senior, injury, life and death, love, mental health, mental illness, running, training
Tagged art, cancer, Christopher Cudworth, coach, coaching, competition, cross country, DC Comics, Decorah Iowa, fun, history, inspiration, Kent Finanger, legacy, Luther College, motivation, NCAA, nicknames, ovarian cancer, pep talks, running, Superman, travel
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Cognitive dissonance and neurodivergence
During the recession that began in 2008 and lasted well into 2010, the United States came to realize that there was a cost to the go-go nature of trying to run an economic engine on full gas and hot for … Continue reading
Posted in adhd, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, competition, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged bush recession, bush tax cuts, cancer, caregiver, caregiving, cognitive dissonance, competition, freelancing, healthcare costs, healthcare insurance, iraq war, neurodivergence, ovarian cancer, pre-existing conditions, recession
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A Sprint to Respectability
The Naperville Sprint Triathlon is the first real triathlon I participated in ten years ago with my wife Sue. We’d met in July of 2013, gone riding and running together right away, but then she had a bike accident (her … Continue reading
Posted in 13.1, 400 meter intervals, 400 workouts, 5K, aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, bike accidents, bike crash, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, friendship, IRONMAN, love, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, riding, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, triathlons
Tagged Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, friendship, girlfriends, naperville sprint triathlon, naperville triathlon, race pace, running, sprint triathlon, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
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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
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50 Years of Running: Transition times
As a triathlete, I’ve gotten used to the term “transition times” to indicate how long it takes to go from swim-to-bike to bike-to-swim. The first time I did a duathlon, before I took to swimming along with running and cycling, … Continue reading
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Tagged arlington heights, community relations, competition, daily herald, duathlon, marketing, transition times, transitions, triathlete, triathlon
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50 Years of Running: Confronting misogyny and other inequities
While I grew up in the world of sports and had the talent and good fortune to win in many arenas, I also grew up in an era when women’s sports and equality were at the forefront of cultural determination … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Chasing career options
By the time I’d turned 27 years old, the decision to stop racing and training so hard was well-established in my mind. With a child to raise and a wife to please, I focused on work-life as the central priority. … Continue reading
Racing along with ease and joy
Yesterday on October 16, I competed in the Frank Lloyd Wright Races in Oak Park, Illinois. This was a return adventure to an event I won twice back in ’83 and ’84. That was 39 years ago. I ran 32:00 … Continue reading
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50 Years of Running: Making impressions
The first thing I wanted to do upon arriving in Illinois as a twelve-year-old kid was to get signed up to play baseball that summer. My folks lined me up with a team in the 8-12 year old league, which … Continue reading
50 Years of Running and the will to win at any cost
When we lose at something it can feel like a small death. But when we accept losing because it is part of life or even embrace losing as a means to move beyond our present circumstance, that is smiling back at death. It’s hard to admit, but that’s a lesson most of us have to learn time and again. It certainly was the case with my distance running career, where a win one week was no guarantee of a win the next. As the saying goes, you’re only as good as your last victory.
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