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Your sock drawer may be key to success in life
By Christopher Cudworth Many years back there was a Thorlo sock campaign in which people ran marathons in their Thorlo socks as a means to prove the quality of the Thorlo brand. Thorlos really are a superior sock. The thickest … Continue reading
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Tagged aerobic sports, athletic socks, blasphemy, Catholic, Catholic Storm Troopers, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, cycling accidents, inquisition, Lance Armstrong, legend, marathon, organizing your sock drawer, running shoes, sock drawer, spanish inquisition, tarsnakes, Thorlo, Thorlos, we run and ride
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Understanding our appetites
By Christopher Cudworth Today we’re here to talk about appetites, so a definition is in order: ap·pe·tite. Noun. A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, esp. for food. A strong desire or liking for something. Appetites. We all have them, … Continue reading
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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
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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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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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This just in. You’re not really in shape. But you can get there.
By Christopher Cudworth Body fat. Most of us hate those two words. And to make matters worse, the fitness world now has this device that you grip in two hands and hold out in front of you like a tiny … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 mile, 10K, 15 miles, 25K, 5K, BMI, body fat, body fat index, body fat percentage, body mass index, fitness test, fitness testing, Golden leg syndrome, half-marathon, hypothermia from running, ideal body weight, lean and mean, lean body mass, love handles, marathon, marathon PR, Twin cities marathon, weight loss, weight loss from running, weight management
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Can we have your liver then?
By Christopher Cudworth I’ve always been one of those people who, when faced with great change in life tends to surf the wave and add even more changes. As long as your apple cart is upset, you might as well … Continue reading
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Tagged bleeding nipples, dirty little secret, eating liver, feet of clay, fetid odor, Gift of Life, hamburger crotch, life lessons, liver, liver donor, liver organ, liver transplant, marathon, marathon secrets, Monty Python, Monty Python's the meaning of life, organ, organ donation, shit my pants
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10 Things You Can Start Today to Improve Your Running
Go to Bed Earlier. Runners in the habit of staying up late are not likely the runners who get up early to train. Early morning training can be one of your best bets to better overall running because it sets the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 things you can start today to improve your running, 10 thinks you can do to improve your running, 10K, 20K, 5K, Brooks Johnson, Doug Padilla, enhance speed, get faster, half-marathon, marathon, run faster, run long, speed intervals, Stanford track
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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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Can you tell me all the things I did wrong in this marathon?
A week before the Twin Cities Marathon, it hit me that I really hadn’t gotten in as many long runs as I’d like. The fall racing season had gone fairly well. 32:00 for 10k. A 14:57 5K. So the sharpness … Continue reading
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