Tag Archives: swimming

I don’t plan too heavy or too far ahead

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

I kind of take training as it becomes available. For example, that’s me doing some heavy lifting with a local tree. All part of the natural regimen I keep. But seriously… We got to the pool this morning at 6:00 … Continue reading →

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The wrong and right ways to get out of a rut

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night as darkness feel, a group of kids was back in the fields behind our house getting their cars stuck in the mud. They’ve been there before and gotten stuck, but they keep coming back. They should know better … Continue reading →

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Oceanwalker swimming has me fascinated

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s been four years since I started to learn to swim again for triathlons. Early on, I took swim lessons with a great coach named Whitney whose first priority was to simplify what I was doing. Along the way there … Continue reading →

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Mike Behr lighting it up in multiple sports

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

On a cold and snowy February morning, a tall, lean distance runner named Mike Behr is running back and forth between a lead pack of runners and a much slower group bringing up the rear. The occasion is a Sunday … Continue reading →

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Zen and Karma

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

Yesterday we explored the yin and yang of being fit. The takeaways are vexing. No matter how fit you are, there are always ways to be fitter. That’s the yin and yang effect. We’re always going round in circles. Or, … Continue reading →

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Mortal soles

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

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 →

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Embracing my inner sloth

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Christopher Cudworth

While watching an Animal Planet program about the impact of island ecology and evolution, we learned about a colony of pygmy sloths that lives on an island no larger than Central Park in New York. Somehow the population of sloths … Continue reading →

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Get into the flow of things, share a lane and seal the deal

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s been busy at the pool this week. Actually, it’s been busy at both pools this week. On Monday the Vaughn Center pool at 6:15 in the morning was all lanes full. This morning Master’s Swim at Marmion Academy was … Continue reading →

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Some naked wisdom from the Old Guys at the pool

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Many years back when I first took swim lessons with the aim of becoming a triathlete, I swam at a local recreation center attached to a high school. The pool was a 50 meter wonder once used by the perennial state-level … Continue reading →

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The more things stay the same, the more they change us

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I know. You think I got that saying in the headline wrong. The traditional statement is to sigh and lament, “Well, you know. The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  Well I say, fuck that.  We’re all … Continue reading →

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