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We’re all Amish when it comes to sharing the roads

By Christopher Cudworth I spent 8 years of childhood where the Amish lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Amish children attended the elementary schools and Amish buggies traveled the roads. A Reuters story in the Chicago Tribune (12/08/2013) documents the fact … Continue reading

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Sugar. Ah, honey honey.

I have a sweet tooth. I know. It’s horrible, right? It’s embarrassing to confess such a weakness. Fortunately you don’t have the same problem I do. Sweets and sugars and hidden sugars in Wheat Thins and other products don’t pull … Continue reading

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Good design and how it affects your running and riding

By Christopher Cudworth I’m one of those people that rode the wave of graphic design technology all the way from Rubylith to Adobe Creative Suite. If you don’t know what I mean, here’s a simpler version. Prior to the Mac, … Continue reading

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Running and riding through sleep’s dark and silent gate

Are you dreaming of running and riding? Lately I’ve had such weird dreams that I’ve turned to friends and the web to help understand them. On the dream interpretation sites there are zillions of takes about what dreams mean. So … Continue reading

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Trading places in the operating room and beyond

By Christopher Cudworth Last summer while riding with my significant gal friend we took a trail through a beautiful section of forest preserve about 10 miles from home. The trail follows a ridge of glacial kame through a woods with … Continue reading

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What is your Kryptonite?

By Christopher Cudworth As a little kid who came into possession of a Superman costume at the age of 7 one Halloween, I learned the very human limitations of my very human body the hard way. Although the costume made … Continue reading

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What draws you to run and ride?

By Christopher Cudworth For those who run… My career in running started before the whole running boom even got going. When asked to run 12 minutes in a 7th grade fitness test, I ran two miles. Something real and earnest … Continue reading

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Don’t mess with health care, or it will mess with you

DON’T MESS WITH HEALTH CARE OR IT WILL MESS WITH YOU By Christopher Cudworth The local hospital system in our area just brought another health care system into the fold with a merger. Big medicine just keeps getting bigger. They … Continue reading

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No matter how fast you run or ride, the weather always wins

By Christopher Cudworth On the way to work last Friday morning the voice on the other end of the cell phone call said “Oh my God, what’s going on outside?” I envisioned a traffic accident. Maybe a cat fight. Then she spoke … Continue reading

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Do you know why you run and ride?

By Christopher Cudworth If you have not figured it out yet, it is movement that draws you to the road. To the trail. Down hills. Up hills. Through fields. Woods. Dreams. Keep moving. As you move through the woods on … Continue reading

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