Tag Archives: cycling

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 antithesis of fitness

By Christopher Cudworth Having spent all of my life exercising my brains and guts out, running so far and so long that my body almost evaporated several times in the heat, it can be hard at times to pause and … Continue reading

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Is your cycling too predictable?

By Christopher Cudworth Here in Illinois, land of few hills and much wind, cyclists have to be creative in order to keep from falling into a rut. Stuck in a tarsnake of too many familiar routes and too much routine. … Continue reading

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Putting down the Livestrong bracelet

By Christopher Cudworth I finally just took it off. After 8 years of wearing a yellow Livestrong bracelet, it occurred to me while putting on a short-sleeved shirt this spring that the point had been long made. Livestrong had in … Continue reading

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The club scene in cycling or running isn’t for everyone

It all started out so perfectly.  Every Wednesday at 6:00 we’d ride 40 miles in a big sweeping loop through the little town of Kaneville. A weekly group ride with the same sane leader leading the group at an average … Continue reading

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Become a Flexible Flyer to improve your cycling this year

Cycling is a multifaceted endurance sport that involves some contradictions, the first of which is that the lower part of your body is in almost perpetual motion while your upper body, if well-managed, should stay relatively still. It’s almost as … Continue reading

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We sort out who we are by how hard we try

By Christopher Cudworth A familiar figure ahead on the road. Strong calves. Vee-shaped back. A quick pedal turnover on his black hybrid bike. I recognized my old friend Pete, a high school cross country teammate, pedaling out of town headed … Continue reading

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If you run and ride, please be seated

By Christopher Cudworth How is your relationship with chairs? With seats? Car seats. Desk chairs. Everywhere we go, we’re sitting. But how well? It makes a difference, you know. How you sit. One bad chair can ruin an entire season … Continue reading

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Running and riding through the flood

Okay. We got a little rain here in Illinois. Streets are closed. Backyards are watery wastelands. People took 3 hours to get to work. Such a contrast to last year’s drought, when parched, dry land kept rain at bay all … Continue reading

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