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50 Years of Running: Logging miles, swapping tales
The hours spent running with twenty-four guys proved to be great way to get to know people that freshman year in college. While dorm life was a rush of introductions and a socially manic environment by nature, running cross country … Continue reading
Posted in competition, cross country, running
Tagged birder, birding, college art, college courses, communism, competition, cross country, Luther College, running, typewriter repair
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50 Years of Running: Another Turn of the Page
After a largely uneventful junior year spring track season, in which my mile and two-mile times barely improved year-over-year, I stumbled into the summer season not quite knowing what to do with my time. We had no organized summer run … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Freshman results
The Kaneland Cross Country team competed in 21 meets in 1971, my freshman year in high school. That wasn’t just the number of teams we competed against during duals and triangulars.That’s the total number of races we ran. The weekly … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Competitive instincts
After the first few days of cross country practice as a freshman in high school, the team began to sort itself into shape. Every member of the Kaneland team had the goal of making the Top 7. After a week … Continue reading
On the flip side, I don’t have to prove myself at the family picnic
Yesterday I wrote a short lament about the way sports consumes so much of our lives if we let it. That’s not a total regret. I’ve gained quite a bit from sports, including the aptitudes of perseverance when called upon, … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, healthy aging, healthy senior, mental health, running, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, werunandride
Tagged caregiving, carpe diem, competition, distance running, flip side, Hamilton, Napolean Dynamite, proving yourself at the family picnic, reconciliation, regrets, riding, swimming, tarsnakes, uncle rico, woulda coulda shoulda
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Bone on bone
I saw a former running acquaintance riding his bike on the road outside our cul-de-sac this morning. The bright blinker mounted on his aging Trek Madone caught my eye. As he passed I called out his name. He kept rolling … Continue reading
Every race is a step in the right direction
Following my writeup about the statistics on the 1974 Sectional meet in which I studied the results relative to the dual meet battles that season, I gave more thought to the outcome and determined that while forgiveness is important, so … Continue reading
The mixture of joy and relief after a hard race
The desire to compete in races comes from many different places within us. For some, it is a test of resolve. For others, a raw test of fitness. But it’s always about proving oneself in the face of difficulty. You’re … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 7, achievement, competition, I did it, I have fought the good fight I have finished the race I have kept the faith, Just Do It, races, running races, the mixture of joy and relief after a hard race
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I keep smiling. It’s the only way to live.
At the age of five years old, I was in the backyard of another kid that would become my best friend through the age of twelve. Our mothers were in the front yard talking about how we might get along … Continue reading
Posted in bike accidents, bike crash, bike wobble, blood on the highway, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, cycling, cycling the midwest, cycling threats, running
Tagged baseball, basketball practice, bike crash, competition, concussion, cycling crash, fly ball, kickball, softball, sports injuries, sports injury, torn ACL, water on the knee
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Life is a long letter being written one day at a time
The letter was written seven weeks into my senior year in college, the season in which our cross country team would go on to place second in the NCAA Division III championships. Continue reading
