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Tag Archives: swimming
Feeling groovy
As a true child of the 60s, there are still some songs that pop into my head when least expected. Some of these are ear worms, and they are really hard to remove from your brain. Such was the case … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s songs, 60s station, anxiety and depression, del amitri, earworm, feeling groovy, flip turns, guero by Beck, sirius, swimming
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Baby’s got back
This swimming thing is turning out to be a blessing on a number of fronts. As the combination of learned form and increased endurance add up, it is finally possible to enjoy the experience of being in the pool. Up … Continue reading
Posted in swimming, Uncategorized
Tagged baby's got back, long distance swimming, swim form, swim stroke, swimming
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Circumstance sometimes really can make the man or woman
Between the sophomore and junior year of my college experience, summer jobs were hard to find. The economy was sputtering in the late 1970s due to the centrifugal force of world politics and America’s sagging malaise coming off the exhaustion … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, running, swimming
Tagged circumstances make the man, liberalism, riding, running, swimming
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A dog and his bone
Those of you who are pet owners know that every animal has their favorite habits. They might be toys that last forever. Or for cats, it might be their catnip post. This morning my dog stood up on the chair … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, dog and his bone, riding, running, stress relief, stress reliever, swimming
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Rust never sleeps, but neither do swimmers
It’s been hot outside and Sunday presented an opportunity to perhaps gather our swim gear and take one last trip to Centennial Beach in Naperville. But by the time we go home from riding and a meetup with friends at … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Suess, getting the rust off, Michael Phelps, natatorium, ryan lochte, Seussical, swim drills, swim instruction, swim magazines, swim stroke, swimming
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For this neutrino, it’s sink or swim time
Last weekend the workout plan included all three disciplines, the run, ride and swim. Saturday was a relaxed hour run in a forest preserve called Herrick Lake. The preserve is a mixed habitat preserve with limestone gravel trails circling through deep … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling the midwest, swimming
Tagged cycling, Fermi lab, fermi national accelerator laboratory, flesh and blood human being, large hadron collider, morton arboretum, Morton salt, mosquitos, nuetrinos, physical properties of the universe, riding, running, swimming
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A true and compelling story about sharing lanes in swimming
By Monte Wehrkamp TODAY’S BLOG is provided by my long time friend and fellow write Monte Wehrkamp. It was written in response to yesterday’s We Run and Ride blog on sharing swimming lanes. I loved the directness of this true … Continue reading
That swimming thing, Part Deux
This morning was my second swim session with Whitney, the swim instructor at XSport St. Charles. What a gift today was! Over the weekend with my companion Sue I was reviewing the things I was doing with swim class last week. Understand … Continue reading
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Tagged learning to swim, swim instruction, swimming
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Who is she?
She doesn’t mind the shape of my legs, Or that I might shave them. She cares not that I devote a little time out on the road. In fact she’s always with me in one way or another. She knows … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, duathlon, half marathon, marathon, Mechanical Genius, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, triathlon, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged cycling, feminine traits, fitness, fitness gender, gender, masculinity, men and women fitness, questions about fitness, riding, running, swimming, werunandride, who is she, workouts
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Running and riding in the crack between the worlds
By Christopher Cudworth In my early 20s I stumbled into reading The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda. If you have not read the books, which include The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge; A Separate Reality; … Continue reading
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Tagged a separate reality, a Yaqui Way of knowledge, carlos castaneda, crack between the worlds, Don Juan, Journey to Ixtlan, multiple realities, swimming, triathlon
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