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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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A non-fiction journey through a peak racing season
The schedule While cleaning out my house to move, I dug up some running journals that included a summary of a peak competitive season. So I invite you to Come With Me on a non-fiction journey through a peak-period … Continue reading
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Tagged distance running, peak racing season, racing, road running, training log
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5 insightful ways to measure success
Endurance sports are widely measured in empiric ways. You have personal records at a specific distance or type of event. But these numbers by themselves do not measure every type of success you can achieve. In fact, numbers can actually … Continue reading
What it’s like to lead and win a race
I don’t win any races outright anymore. Age groups, maybe. But not the whole race. But I used to win quite frequently. So I thought it might be interesting to share what that’s like, and what it can actually teach … Continue reading
Posted in running, track and field, triathlete, triathlon, Uncategorized
Tagged competition, cycling, racing, running
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Your place in the parade
I don’t know if you have ever participated in a parade, but I have. It’s both a wonderful and a strange thing to be sitting on a float or marching along next to some display or vehicle decorated for the … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, cycling, riding, running, tour de france
Tagged football team homecoming, homecoming, parades, racing, running, shriners, swedish days parade, sycamore pumpkinfest 10k
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5 Things You Can Learn From My Sycamore Pumpkinfest 10K
There are not many better conditions to run than those presented at the Sycamore Pumpkinfest 10K yesterday. The wind was nearly still. The temps edged into the high 40s and low 50s. The skies were clear and bright. Perfect for … Continue reading
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Tagged 10K, distance training, racing, running, sycamore pumpkinfest 10k, tarsnakes
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What does it really mean to age as an athlete?
It’s an interesting problem trying to figure out what to expect (or not expect) as you age as an athlete. See, the idea of aging is both a reality and a mindset. We have no control over the fact that … Continue reading
Here’s to a bloody good time when you run and ride
By Christopher Cudworth Something in us is wired to recoil at the sight of blood. Yet the phrase “bloody” or “bloody good” is used as an “intensifer” to describe all sorts of activities from drinking to comedy to simply hanging out … Continue reading
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Tagged blood flow, bloody, bloody bood time, bloody good, bloody movies, bloody noses, cats and dogs, circulatory system, cycling, cycling crashes, fainting at sight of blood, hard efforts, lust, menstrual cramps, menstrual cramps and athletes, menstruation, period, picking scabs, racing, sex during menstruation, sexua penetration, shaving legs for cycling, sight of blood, veins and arteries
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The Endurance Athlete Matrix and how it can help you plan your life
The world of endurance athletes can often seem complex. Balancing priorities can be tough when there are so many activities to balance. It can help to have a tool to step back and assess your efforts. The above graphic illustrates the primary activities … Continue reading
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Tagged 3C Creative Content, Christopher Cudworth, clubs, competition, cycling, endurance athlete matrix, events, fitness for health, fun, goal-setting, group efforts, life balance, life planning, life tectonics, racing, running, social fitness, solo workouts, training for health, triathlon
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