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21 Days of Tour de France makes a habit, then withdrawal

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp I turned on the TV this morning and turned to NBC Sports Channel. Maybe, just maybe, there’d be a Tour de France recap – a special – with interviews and highlights. Maybe Paul Sherwin and Phil Liggett … Continue reading →

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Share the Road. Who, me?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I have an ugly little confession to make. No, it’s not that I look dopey in this picture. It’s that I hate sharing the road with some kinds of cyclists as much as you do. C’mon, admit … Continue reading →

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One-stepping and half-wheeling and American Exceptionalism

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Those of us who run and ride or both know that etiquette does play a certain role in the life of both sports. When you show up for the Saturday morning group run or group ride, the histrionics of who … Continue reading →

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A love/hate relationship with track & field

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Sometimes you don’t choose a sport, it chooses you. Such was the case with track & field. As a kid the track was a strange and foreign environment, mostly because we all ran on cinders years ago. … Continue reading →

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Let me run this past you…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

This will be a odd post because it’s a bit of an embarrassing subject. It seems that when I wrote the blog article titled Women Run Past Breast Fixation In Society I had an idea it might get some interesting … Continue reading →

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Watch out when the rubber hits the road if you run and ride

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth We have read quite a bit on this blog about getting down close to the road and really studying the surface we ride upon. We have celebrated tarsnakes together, and even their wintry cousins, the snowsnake, of … Continue reading →

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The ever present tarsnake of road rage

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp Hugging the white line, I navigated my way around a busy downtown intersection. Head on a swivel, I checked the parking lot exit of a nearby business — one of the local bike stores — all clear. … Continue reading →

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Streetlights may be Life In Hell for those who run and ride

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Years ago when cartoonist Matt Groening had not yet burst onto the national scene with The Simpsons, his work was featured in alternative newspapers around the country. His main feature was a strip called Life In Hell, which the the … Continue reading →

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But the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, so why are you working out?

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

New International Version (©1984) For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. Saturdays and … Continue reading →

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Should you be afraid of tarsnakes? Oh, yes. And here’s why…

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Seriously. We tried to warn you. When this blog began in August we introduced you to the danger of tarsnakes, both the literal and allegorical form, that are waiting on the open road to take you down … Continue reading →

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