Tag Archives: triathletes

Give me some words I can dance to, or a melody that rhymes

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Christopher Cudworth

I’ve always thought it something of a blessing to be moody. One spring day in the mid- 80s, as I headed out for a long run, I found myself quietly singing the words to The Pretender by Jackson Browne. I … Continue reading →

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Why endurance athletes should be the greatest salespeople in the world.

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

It’s one of the tarsnakes of existence that we must learn from our pain. It teaches us by correcting our wrongs. But it also teaches us that by working through the pain we can achieve great things. Continue reading →

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On Halloween and Until Death Do Us Parts

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

A few years back I tore my ACL playing soccer. The orthopedic surgeon discussed the options and told me I could either take out a slice of my patellar tendon and use that the replace my ACL or else use … Continue reading →

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The Ebola virus is about to run rampant

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I have this friend that gets sick fairly often. When he gets sick, he gets very sick. Coughing, hacking, spitting blood even. For years he has jokingly called these episodes for what they are. “I have Ebola,” … Continue reading →

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Birds of a feather go aero together

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In the never-ending pursuit to produce faster rolling bikes, the bicycling industry has squeezed the frames, raised the seat posts, dropped the handlebars and turned the wheels into flying disks with flattened spokes. Time trial, triathlon and … Continue reading →

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Attack of the wetsuit strippers and other triathlon chaos

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Ever since I started associating with this triathlon crowd, I’ve had a sense that there is something more to the sport than meets the eye. Thanks to intensive research at the recent Racine 70.3 Half Ironman Triathlon, … Continue reading →

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Cid Carver finds peace and family through the triathlon community in Israel

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Cid Carver is originally from northeast Ohio where her interests in sports and international politics were perhaps innocent and marginal at best.  Finding her place in the world It was only after she moved to her adopted … Continue reading →

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Nirvana by the Numbers

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In going through some files in search of reference material for this blog, I happened upon a story written in 1984 when I was doing freelance journalism for a publication called Illinois Runner. The newsmagazine was ahead … Continue reading →

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Time out of mind in the triathlon

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth The beach in Racine, Wisconsin must be shockingly cold in wintertime. There is nothing stopping the winds from the northeast with 300 miles of cold and sullen lake to put a murderous chill in the wind. But … Continue reading →

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What it really means to compete

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Competition is good or all of us. Whether we want to admit it or not, competition forces us to reckon with who we really are. What we care about. How hard we’re willing to try to get what we want … Continue reading →

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