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Tag Archives: runner
The thighs don’t have it easy these days
Walking through our local Dick’s Sporting Goods store, I noticed a display for running gear featuring shorts with three different inseam lengths: 5″, 7″ and 9″. That might not mean much to most runners. But having emerged from the era … Continue reading
Posted in aging, cross country, running
Tagged Dick's Sporting Goods, runner, runners, running, running shorts
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August and cross country
From the moment I first walked in the door of a cross country locker room and joined the company of largely skinny misfits that would become my teammates, I was hooked. My coach that first year was an organized fellow … Continue reading
This journey with God
As a callow eighth grader in small-town Illinois, I joined other classmates at a congregation in Elburn, Illinois to be confirmed as a member of a Christian church. Up to that point in life all my decisions about faith and … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, God, journey with God, runner, running, wheaton college
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Overcoming a dialup brain in a wi-fi world
We traveled to Madison, Wisconsin this weekend for a training trip, joining the crew from Madison Multisport and its coaches Steve Brandes and Cindy Bannink. The purpose was to ride the Madison Half-Ironman course, which loops south of the city … Continue reading
Mortal soles
Last evening we made the decision to allow our cat Wanda go to a peaceful end. At fourteen years old, some of her vital systems were failing. It would not do to see her suffer through weeks of difficulty. Our … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, death, life and death
Tagged cycling, cyclist, life and death, losing a pet, mortal soles, mortal souls, run, runner, running, swimmer, swimming, triathlete, triathlon, veterinarian, wanda the cat
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Sweet season: A simple matter of focus and effort
This is the sixth in a series of articles about the Sweet Season of 1978, my college senior year when our Luther College team placed second in the nation in NCAA Division III cross country. To follow the chronological narrative … Continue reading
Laid back and loving it
After a weekend in which I drove up to Northeast Iowa and back for visits with friends and former college professors, it was nice to have a little time to slow down this past weekend. Sue and I went to … Continue reading
Abiding with the seasons
This time of year, the day after Halloween, things seem to happen fast. Weatherman Tom Skilling of the Chicago Tribune this morning notes that November is the fastest chilling month of the year. Those of us who run and ride … Continue reading
Life tectonics in a sweet season
This is the fifth in a series of articles about the Sweet Season of 1978, my college senior year when our Luther College team placed second in the nation in NCAA Division III cross country. To follow the chronological narrative … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, track and field, training, triathlete, triathlon, we run and ride
Tagged black culture, black student union, Butazolidin, cross country, cross country running, life tectonics, relationships, roommate, runner, running, running injuries, taking its toll on us all, teammate
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When you’re so popular it hurts
This past Sunday my wife and I took a trip to meet up with friends at the Morton Arboretum, one of the Chicago area’s most popular places to commune with nature and frolic among the trees. We were attending one … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, running, Uncategorized
Tagged cycling, morton arb, morton arboretum, runner, running, trolls at morton arboretum
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