Tag Archives: love at first sight

50 Years of Running: A New Me

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

My parents both drove back with me to Luther College in the fall of 1978. We took the back roads through southwestern Wisconsin to enjoy the scenery, stopping at times to get out and stretch while gazing at the hazy … Continue reading →

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One Sweet Season: Volume One

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

This will be the first in an installment of eight blogs about a cross country season forty years ago. Over the next eight Thursdays, I will recount a most significant period in life,  entering a senior year in college. That’s … Continue reading →

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Hitching a ride

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

In 1979, the summer after I graduated from college, I moved temporarily back to Illinois from Iowa before starting work that fall as an Admissions department counselor for the college from which I’d graduated. My girlfriend was staying on campus … Continue reading →

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Life is better when you love to run or ride

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth She told me “Baby, when you race today Just take along my love with you And if you knew how much I loved you Baby nothing could go wrong with you” –The Beach Boys Have you ever … Continue reading →

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Leaving the bike behind to run

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Pretty soon I’m packing up for a trip to Southwest Wisconsin. Some friends and I are going to visit Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright south of Spring Green, Wisconsin. We’ll also enjoy a play the … Continue reading →

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