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Tag Archives: cycling
What does a smashed turtle on the road really mean?
At the tail end of a pleasant 25 mile bike ride this past Saturday morning, I was feeling good about the new bike fit and riding with a pair of riders who happened up behind me at a stop light … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bike riding, cancer, cycling, evolution, holy crap, hummingbirds, koran, Noah's Ark, painted turtle, pre-existing condition, random, random decisions, religion, riding, Road rage, running, smashed turtles, snapping turtle, Texas, yucatan
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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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Tagged achievement, Christopher Cudworth, competition, conquering fears, corporate fitness, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, fear, fearing God, fitness, goal-setting, God-fearing, life balance, marathon, over, overcoming fear, overcoming fears, overcoming phobias, personal goals, riding, runner, runners, self-discovery, setting personal goals, sports psychology, we run and ride
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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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Tagged 4:30 mile, aerobic sports, Christopher Cudworth, competition, corporate fitness, cycling, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, doing the impossible, evolution, God, half-marathon, impossible, long distance running, making the impossible happen, marathoner, marathoning, mental health, miler, miracles, motivation, personal best, personal records, racing, riding, running, sports psychology, training, training strategies, we run and ride
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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
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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Tagged cycling, cycling doping, doping accusations, doping in cycling, France, French, French journalists, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, National Ovarian Cancer Alliance, ovarian cancer, World Health Organization, World Health Organization rankings of top health care systems, yellow bracelet, yellow Livestrong bracelet
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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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Tagged cadence, CAT 3, CAT 4, CAT 5, club group ride, criterium racing, crits, cycling, cycling cadence, cycling club, group rides, paced riding, velominati
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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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Tagged cadence, center of gravity, cycling, cyclist, flexibility, flexibility exercises, flexible athlete, flexible flyer, unflexible
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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
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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