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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
The sculptors of our own lives
There was a time when the “end of the season” was emphatic by nature. As a cross country runner through high school and college, the season would end when the success ran out. That could be the district meet or … Continue reading
Posted in competition, cross country, cycling, cycling the midwest, Uncategorized
Tagged bas relief, cycling, cyclists, runners, running, sculpting our lives, sculpture
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes
Thomas Earl Petty was born Oct. 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Fla., the first child of Earl and Katherine “Kitty” Petty. Petty had a difficult relationship with his father, and cited a particularly brutal beating he received at age 5 that … Continue reading
Posted in 10K, 13.1, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cross country, running
Tagged bruce springsteen the river, Chicago area running association, damn the torpedoes, death of tom petty, even the losers get lucky sometimes, out of college money spent, runners, running, tom petty music
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The secret to love what you’re doing when you run, ride and swim
Motivation is the power source of all performance. Without motivation, there is no will to work. Without the will to work, there is no progress. Without progress, there is no achievement. And without the potential for achievement, there is no real … Continue reading
Posted in competition, it never gets easier you just go faster, mental health, race pace, swimming, training, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride
Tagged 10K, Bicycling, biking, competition, cross country, cycling, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, fitness, half-marathon, long distance running, loving the challenges, loving the source of your inspiration, loving to suffer, loving who you are, loving yourself, marathon, riding, runners, running, running and riding, secret, training, triathlon, we run and ride, werunandride.com
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Oregon runners and Oregon militia
All the focus on the so-called Oregon militia got me thinking about the difference between their “mission” and the tradition of Oregon runners. If you’ve followed running over the last 40 years you know the legend of Steve Prefontaine. He … Continue reading
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Tagged oregon militia, oregon track, oregon voluntary militia, pre, runners, running, Steve Prefontaine
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On Halloween and Until Death Do Us Parts
A few years back I tore my ACL playing soccer. The orthopedic surgeon discussed the options and told me I could either take out a slice of my patellar tendon and use that the replace my ACL or else use … Continue reading
Making sense of things down the road
By Christopher Cudworth Roads are very symbolic objects. We use terms such as “somewhere down the road” and “on the road to success” because roads take us places we want to go. We tend to take our roads so much … Continue reading
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Tagged beneficiaries of success, cycling, cyclists, down the road, echo of history, making sense of things, on the road to success, Oregon Trail, road cycling, Road Runner, road running, road surface, runners, running, somewhere down the road, tarsnake, tarsnakes
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Appreciating the extreme sides of running and riding
By Christopher Cudworth The extremes of running and riding are a tarsnake of sorts. We’re so often careful to avoid dangerous situations while running and riding and we take measures like wearing helmets, signaling our direction and running against traffic to protect … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, Tarsnakes, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged aerobic sports, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, extreme efforts, extreme sports, fitness, giardia, Grand Tetons, half marathons, Jenny Lake, marathons, Paoli Pennsylvania, runners, running, sports psychology, tarsnakes, track practice, we run and ride, werunandride, werunandride.com
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Do you know how to read your running shoes?
By Christopher Cudworth When your running shoes start to wear out you can usually tell all the way up your body. From tired feet to sore ankles or achilles, tightening IT bands and knee or hip problems, worn out shoes reverberate … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Cudworth, footplant, HOKA One One, minimalism, minimalist running, minimalist running shoes, overuse injuries, reading your running shoes, runners, running, running guinea pigs, running shoe wear, running shoes, Shoe wear, signs of wear on running shoes, wear patterns on running shoes, werunandride
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Does it truly matter how well you run and ride?
By Christopher Cudworth Before heading out for a bike ride the third night in a row, I texted my companion and said, “I’m going to go for an easy ride. I’m a little tired.” She wrote back a note of … Continue reading
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Tagged abbey road, aerobic sports, Bicycling, Christopher Cudworth, competition, cycling psychology, half-marathon, meaning of cycling, meaning of running, runners, running and riding, sports psychology, we run and ride, werunandride.com, women runners
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