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Tag Archives: evolution
My longtime friend the red-tailed hawk
Heading into my senior year at Luther College, my fitness was good and I’d used the summer to clean up my act. I cut off the long, thick hair that shrouded my face. Dumped the thick glasses and got a … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, college, competition, cross country, nature, running
Tagged cross country, evolution, field biology, hawks, Luther College, red-tailed hawk, talisman, talons
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The cause and effect of our own circumstance
Yesterday afternoon while cleaning out the bird feed bins I looked around for the container of black oil sunflower seed that has supplied the cardinals and other birds with food all winter. It started with a 60 lb. bag from … Continue reading
Posted in race pace, racing peak, running, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride
Tagged cause and effect, creationism, evolution, nature
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Embracing my inner sloth
While watching an Animal Planet program about the impact of island ecology and evolution, we learned about a colony of pygmy sloths that lives on an island no larger than Central Park in New York. Somehow the population of sloths … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal planet, breeding, ecology, evolution, mangrove islands, mating sloths, Planet Earth, sex, sloth swimming, sloths, swim lessons, swimming, swimming form
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Even flat turtles have their day in the sun
This morning I ran what might possibly be the slowest three miles I’ve done in a long time. Along the way, I chanced to look down and see a flattened turtle on the gravel shoulder of the road. It bugs … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, flat turtles, road kill turtles, theory of evolution
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Frog legs
Last night the spring temperatures moderated here in Illinois. The air was calm and the collective voice of chorus frogs singing in the wetland behind our house could be heard inside even with the windows closed. So we grabbed our … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, track and field, Uncategorized
Tagged amphibian survival, chorus frogs singing, evolution
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The irony of a stress test
Perhaps you’ve had a stress test done to check the condition and performance of your heart. I’m having one this morning. Precautionary, mind you. Given a family history of heart issues, it is important to keep track of how everything … Continue reading
Posted in running, training, triathlete, triathlon, Uncategorized
Tagged dealing with stress, evolution, heart palpitations, heart test, stress, stress test
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Why your training (and thinking) must evolve
The notion of fitness is a key element of the theory of evolution. In nature, being fit for life means having the ability to survive. There are trillions of examples of this principle in operation every day. Evolution through time has … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, evolution, seek justice, show respect, triathlon, we run and ride
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The Ebola virus is about to run rampant
By Christopher Cudworth I have this friend that gets sick fairly often. When he gets sick, he gets very sick. Coughing, hacking, spitting blood even. For years he has jokingly called these episodes for what they are. “I have Ebola,” … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, duathlon, half marathon, marathon, running, triathlon, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged africa ebola, asian carp in Illinois, Chicago marathon, ebola in America, ebola virus, effects of ebola, evolution, fat people survive, feral raccoons, human evolution, humans and zombies, international travel and ebola, marathon, raccoons in Japan, skinny people die, triathletes, triathlon, viruses, walking dead, zombie race, zombies
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Attack of the wetsuit strippers and other triathlon chaos
By Christopher Cudworth Ever since I started associating with this triathlon crowd, I’ve had a sense that there is something more to the sport than meets the eye. Thanks to intensive research at the recent Racine 70.3 Half Ironman Triathlon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, data chips, evolution, fermi national accelerator laboratory, funcational capacity, half ironman, higgs boson, Ironman triathlon, lucerne supercollider, tarsnakes, triathlete, triathletes, triathlon, werunandride
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