Tag Archives: tarsnakes

Hardly a day goes by

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth May is Mental Health Month and this week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Like all workaday weeks, it begins on a Monday of course. So here’s a thought. For those with anxiety, every day feels like a Monday. It’s a constant dread and wonder … Continue reading →

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It’s all uphill from here; hills and how to handle them

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth It’s one of the tarsnakes of endurance sports that going uphill is both a wonderful challenge and a vexing test of your fitness. Uphill running and riding requires both intelligence and effort. How you approach a hill often … Continue reading →

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On the questions raised by a pair of wheels

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Recently I dined at the Filling Station, a restaurant that features American memorabilia in its decorations. Inside the store were some of those classic pumps that once showed the gasoline you were pumping into your vehicle. Outside the … Continue reading →

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On what it means to be a runner

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth At the age of six years old, I grabbed a traditional old watch off my father’s dresser and headed out to the side yard of our Lancaster, Pennyslvania home. The yard had once been a clay tennis … Continue reading →

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On what it means to be a cyclist

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Five years ago there was a great group ride put on by our cycling club, Athletes By Design. It was a controlled pace ride that averaged 20mph. You knew that you’d get a good workout every Wednesday … Continue reading →

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How not to be sore at yourself for working out too hard

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth It happens. You overdo it. Then you’re sore for days. Soreness is the product of muscles and connective tissue that have been strained. The stretching and exhaustion that occurs in body tissue under stress can lead to … Continue reading →

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5 great ways running and riding can reduce stress

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In a previous post, we chronicled the strange ways stress enters and leaves your life, comparing it to traveling the Yellow Brick Road in Oz. See, life can be strange, and there is no stranger world than … Continue reading →

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It’s Sunday and time to give a little thanks for being able to run and ride

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Yesterday afternoon I arrived home to a quiet house because my dog was on a visit to the neighbor across the street. She watches him on occasion because she does not like to think of him being … Continue reading →

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Endurance Training

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth So you think you live a moral life? Well, perhaps you have not taken complete stock of the sins you commit in the name of your favorite endurance sport. That means your world may be about to … Continue reading →

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Bicycling Magazine and the hard road of naiveté

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth The City of Chicago is a beautiful place to live and train in the summer months. I lived with a running friend and best buddy at 1764 N. Clark, right in the heart of Old Town facing … Continue reading →

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