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Tag Archives: cycling psychology
Town signs and mottos
By Christopher Cudworth Those of us who run and ride tend to visit a few towns along the way. And that can be interesting. Town Mottos Whenever you enter a new town there is often a sign stating the “town … Continue reading
Feeling it to the core
By Christopher Cudworth Doing core work is one of the world’s most humbling chores. Working out the muscles in your lower stomach, upper hips and all the way up to the chest is neither fun or easy. But wait… …there … Continue reading
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5 great ways running and riding can reduce stress
By Christopher Cudworth In a previous post, we chronicled the strange ways stress enters and leaves your life, comparing it to traveling the Yellow Brick Road in Oz. See, life can be strange, and there is no stranger world than … Continue reading
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Your training music, is Classic Rock really good for you?
By Christopher Cudworth On the way home from a business appointment yesterday the Chicago Music station known as The Drive began playing an entire side of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s iconic “Deja Vu” album. I owned that LP back … Continue reading
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Would you apply for a job to run, ride or swim?
By Christopher Cudworth You love to run, ride or swim. But would you get a job as a runner or cyclist or swimmer if you applied today? What follows are job descriptions for what it takes to do each of … Continue reading
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Endurance Training
By Christopher Cudworth So you think you live a moral life? Well, perhaps you have not taken complete stock of the sins you commit in the name of your favorite endurance sport. That means your world may be about to … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 deadly sins, 7 sins, avarice, Christopher Cudworth, competition, corporate fitness, cycling, cycling psychology, deadly sins, distance running, fitness, greed, half-marathon, lust, marathon, narcissism, pride, sloth, tarsnakes, temptation, we run and ride, wrath
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Are relationships the most important part of your training and racing?
By Christopher Cudworth Way back when a book titled The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was published, people were beginning to more deeply consider what it meant to engage in a solo activity as profound as running long distances. … Continue reading
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Tagged aerobic sports, christopher cud worth, cycling, cycling psychology, goal-setting, half-marathon, loneliness of the long distance runner, marathon, once in a lifetime, relationships, running, sports psychology, we run and ride, werunandride.com
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Running and riding through anxiety, depression and grief
By Christopher Cudworth A year ago on March 26, 2013, my wife died after 8 years of treatment for ovarian cancer. Notice that I do not mention the word “battle” or “fight” or “struggle” in the context of my wife’s … Continue reading
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It’s Oscars time. Here are the Academy Awards for the best running and riding movies never made
By Christopher Cudworth A few years back, I organized and hosted a giant Academy Awards party at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. More than 900 people attended. Catering was provided by Panera Bread. People were excited to be … Continue reading
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10 things that I plan to do on the bike this year that you might like to consider too
By Christopher Cudworth This is essentially my 10th year of what I’d call “serious cycling.” In 2004 I was riding a Trek 400 steel frame road bike and not getting much faster. It was a tremendous accomplishment to average more … Continue reading
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