Tag Archives: track and field

Marty Supreme and Me

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Christopher Cudworth

Watching the movie Marty Supreme hit me hard with similarities in my own life. Continue reading →

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Why is anyone anywhere?

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Christopher Cudworth

I took to teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and have taught in more than 800 classrooms with over 20,000 students. Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: The Villanova Factor

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Christopher Cudworth

Adjusting to life in the Philly suburbs took some doing. With rare exception, I took the train downtown because driving into the city was a manic experiment in age-old expressways and traffic backups right and left. The main route into … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: On the Runway to Life

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

At the end of January Term, with a mere197 miles under my belt, it was time to get serious about training. But there was also the question of a serious relationship going on, and I didn’t mind that one bit. … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: Rough surfaces and deep dives

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

The winter of 1977 was, like so many winters in the late 1970s and early 80s, as cold as hell and frozen over. We trained through the cold by running on snow-packed roads. We’d often leave in the near-dark and … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: Let’s steeple people.

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

The spring track season in 1976 broke typically cool, windy, and wet. Not great weather for any type of runner. The sprinters sought to avoid muscle pulls while the distance runners suffered in shorts through cold winds, puddles on the … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: A Proving Ground

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

Between cross country season and the start of indoor track at Luther College, I’d often play pickup basketball in the gym. While I’d ceased my official basketball career after junior year in high school, my game actually improved because I … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Running: Jumping Through Hoops

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

While my love of running had grown through a pair of successful cross country seasons, I’d been raised in a basketball family and went straight to practice the week after the Sectionals meet where our small school got handed a … Continue reading →

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No revisionist history necessary

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

As a member of the Facebook group Glenn’s, I’m privy to a load of statistics and recollections from runners who excelled in the sports of cross country and track during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Those years produced times and … Continue reading →

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The fabric of life and a sense of home

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Christopher Cudworth

I’m substitute teaching at the high school a block from our former home in Geneva, Illinois. The streets look the same as they always did. The giant cottonwood tree on the corner of the block was a favorite waiting place … Continue reading →

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