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Tag Archives: health
Sweet Season: Bringing it all home
Volume one • Volume two • Volume three • Volume Four • Volume five Volume six Volume seven Going into the last meet of the 1978 season, we felt as if we were still capable of doing big things at nationals. Our highest team … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Al Carius, Augustana College, baseball, buckminster fuller, business, Christianity, college, college girlfriend, competition, creativity, family, gay rights, godspell, health, homosexuality, identity, judaism, love, Luther College, Luther college cross country, NCAA cross country, NCAA Division III, North Central College cross country, paul olson, politics, PR, racing, religion, school, sex, sports, sweet season, tolerance, training
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Are you ready for some knee porn?
When the orthopedic surgeon showed me photos from my recent meniscus repair surgery, I was a little shocked. The images looked like something you might find on a porn site dedicated to prurient naughty part closeups. Every image was salacious … Continue reading
Insane x insane=perfect for a Reality Show
By Christopher Cudworth So the sliver that tried to kill me may be gone, but its entry point into my system brought with it some funky microbe that remains unidentified and must be treated with utmost caution. The doctors only … Continue reading
Posted in We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged antibiotics, blood pressure, Breaking Bad, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, cycling psychology, distance running, fitness, fuck it, health, heart rate, high blood pressure, home infusion, home infusions, infectious disease, injury, kidney function, long distance running, low blood pressure, runners, running, social disease, sports psychology, std, syringes, we run and ride
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The harsh beauty of empiric data on running and riding
By Christopher Cudworth Cyclists and runners spend so much time covering the landscape in their endurance pursuits that it can be easy to bypass the empiric data generated by their travels. These days that empiric data landscape is easier than … Continue reading
Posted in Mechanical Genius, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged aerobic sports, Bicycling, biking, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, fitness, health, long distance running, marathon, riding, road biking, runners, running, sports psychology, we run and ride
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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
Posted in Tarsnakes, We Run and Ride Every Day
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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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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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, counseling, cycling psychology, distance running, Egypt, Egyptian, Elizabeth Khalil-Green, fitness, fox valley, guidance counselor, health, Illinois, massage therapy, mental health, multi-sport, Norris Sports Complex, riding, runners, running, walking, walking for health, women runners
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The tarsnake of self indulgence can help or hinder our running and riding
Whether you run or ride as your principal form of exercise or add swimming to do triathlons, the time involved to engage in training and racing can be considerable. If truth be told, there is a streak of selfishness that … Continue reading
Posted in Tarsnakes, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged get obsessed and stay obsessed, health, lovable, marathon, marathon obsession, marathon training, nutty characters, obsessed, pursuits, reward yourself, self, self-discipline, self-fulfillment, self-indulgence, selfless, swimming, triathlon, Type-A personality
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Can we ever really run or ride in someone’s else’s shoes?
During an Anniversary Event this past weekend at the Eckheart Gallery in Decorah, Iowa where I show my paintings, I grew tired from talking to people and retreated to the studio where my former teacher and now friend Douglas Eckheart does … Continue reading
