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Tag Archives: cycling psychology
Grasping age-related athletic reality does not mean stopping in your tracks
By Christopher Cudworth When you haven’t run a 5K or any other kind of running race in a while, there are all sorts of things that go through your head as you warm up. You wonder about your training prep. … Continue reading
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Ever been really lost on the run or ride? Or in life?
By Christopher Cudworth If you’re a runner or a cyclist, or even a swimmer who gets out into open water, you have likely experienced the awful feeling of getting lost. Out in the woods It doesn’t happen that often for … Continue reading
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Screaming serenity
As it crept into the vernacular as an enticing notion of mind control, the idea of zen thought has been twisted and turned into just about anything a person wants to call it. The Urban Dictionary defines zen this way: One … Continue reading
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Tagged aerobic sports, anxiety, art of zen, biking, Christopher Cudworth, corporate fitness, cycling, cycling psychology, Depression, distance running, faith, half marathoners, half-marathon, health, marathon, marathoners, patience, riding, runners, running, sports psychology, tarsnakes, we run and ride, zen, zen thought
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How running and riding help conquer your fears
By Christopher Cudworth Fear is the emotion that too commonly keeps people from reaching their potential in all phases of life. We fear failure. We fear success. We fear rejection. We fear lack of will. We fear the unknown. We … Continue reading
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Doing the possible so the impossible can happen
By Christopher Cudworth There are accomplishments about which we all dream. Personal records we strive to achieve. At times these goals seem unreachable. Impossible. But we persist, doing the small things that add up to big changes in our bodies, … Continue reading
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The serious psychological business of a cycling or running comeback
By Christopher Cudworth with Monte Wehrkamp It is a painful, difficult challenge coming back from a major injury. The higher the level of sport in which you participate, the more difficult the task of reaching your former level of performance. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Schleck, anger, anxiety, Austin Powers, broken clavicle, broken collarbone, broken sacrum, Cadence Health Center, cycling crash, cycling psychology, cyclists racing down mountains, mojo, Napolean Dynamite, Napolean syndrome, pickup driver, psychological help, PTSD, Pyrnees, Radio Shack Leopard, Schleck crashed, Shag baby, teeth, Tirreno Adriatico
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Running and riding acquaintances never grow old
Friendships made through running and riding have a timeless quality. Though times and efforts may change and even the ability to run and ride at all may diminish with time, the common bond of shared time on the road, track … Continue reading
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Saturday artwork: Goldeneyes are a sign of winter
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Phoning it in ain’t what it used to be
The definition of today’s phrase of the day, to “Phone it in…” is provided by the Urban Dictionary, where you can find out what things really mean in modern terms. Phone it in: to perform an act in a perfunctory, uncommitted fashion, … Continue reading
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