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Cancer Rocks like you never imagined
By Christopher Cudworth This it the 300th post on We Run and Ride. Thank you for your readership. As one who has never been afraid to write about cancer and the effects it has had on our family with the … Continue reading
Coming full circle on Schwinn
By Monte Wehrkamp and Christopher Cudworth Exactly what is a Schwinn? This family-owned Chicago bike company grew and became the zeitgeist of a generation with bikes called Stingrays that often featured banana seats. Whether single speed, 3-speed, or 5-speed, the … Continue reading
The geometry of a Schwinn bike
By Christopher Cudworth About the only math subject in which this art major ever excelled was geometry. So I understand the basics of how geometry works. Or at least I think I do. There are shapes. They behave or are … Continue reading
Trying not to ride off the Cultural Shelf
By Christopher Cudworth On the western edge of the sprawling Chicago Metropolis is an ancient ridge of gravel deposited by receding glaciers 10,000 years ago. Most people who live in region seem to have no sense of this geological fact, … Continue reading
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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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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
A goofball’s guide to grief
By Christopher Cudworth When you lose something in life that really matters to you, grief takes over. The most obvious source of grief is losing a loved one. But there are many types and sources of grief. I maintain it … Continue reading
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