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Running and riding on the tarsnake of cinnamon rolls

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth When Monday rolls around much of the working world will run a gauntlet of food temptations. All sorts of weekend goodies show up in the morning cafeteria to tempt us in layers of delights even Dante’s Inferno … Continue reading →

Posted in We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged christopher cud worth, cinnamon rolls, dietary advice, donuts, doorman, doughnuts, fat and sugar, frosted, greasy donuts, rich in carbohydrates, rich in carbs, sprinkles, sugar-coated, Sunday runs, tarsnakes, we run and ride, weekend rides, weekend runs, wicked little secret | Leave a comment

The simplest thing you can do to improve bike safety on the road

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

The simplest single thing you can do to enhance safety on your bike. I know this is going to sound simple. But most real solutions are simple. If you ride a bike or any sort; road, mountain, hybrid, cruiser or … Continue reading →

Posted in Mechanical Genius, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged bike safety, blinking bike lights, Chris Cudworth, Christopher Cudworth, Cudworth, protecting cyclists on the road, warning signal for motorists, we run and ride | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Tarsnakes, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged American Pie, barefoot, barefoot running, caveman, cavewoman, Christopher Cudworth, college, college sex, condoms, cycling, cycling safety, cyclists, dorm rooms, empty condom package, human condoms, journalism, journalist, minimalism, minimalist running, minimalist running shoes, panties, prophylactics, rubbers, sex in college, Sunday morning, Superbad, tarsnake, tarsnakes, teenage sex, teenage wasteland, Trojans, university, used condom, we run and ride, weenie | Leave a comment

Seeing your way to better running and riding

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Right after graduating from college, I went to an optometrist in the little town of Decorah, Iowa where Luther College is located. The appointment was going well until the optometrist dilated my eyes and took a look inside. Then he … Continue reading →

Posted in We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged birdwatch, consonants, contact lenses, cross country, Decorah, floaters, floaters in your eye, Girlfriend, Gunderson Clinic, Iowa, LaCrosse, left eye, marla runyan, medicine, Napolean Dynamite, optometrist, optometry, otolaryngology, Paula Runyan, proctologist, retina, retina surgery, retinal detachment, riding, right eye, Rum and coke, running, senior year, travesty, ugly glasses, vowels, we run and ride, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

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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Grass and bamboo bikes are trippy

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp Know what I’d like? Know what Chris, this site’s fearless leader, would like even more? A renewable, recycleable bike. One that’s handmade, custom fit, and one of a kind. And here it is… (courtesy Velo News) It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Mechanical Genius, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged alternative bikes, bamboo bike, bamboo bikes, Bicycling, bike frames, bike weight, Calfee bikes, Campy, carbon fiber bikes, Chicago cycling, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, cycling gear, grass bikes, handmade bikes, kenda tire, Monte Wehrkamp, mountain bike, mountain biking, MTB, Pinarello, Shimano, Super Record gruppo, ultra, we run and ride, wood bikes | 1 Comment

Saturday Artwork: 1972 drawing of Pre from pic in Sports Illustrated

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Cudworth, cross country running, good running form, Kenny Moore, oil pastel, running, running art, running form, Sports Illustrated, Steve Prefontaine, we run and ride | Leave a comment

Unintentional cross training sometimes the best

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

As freshman in high school I entered the sport of cross country and found a true love. Nothing was better than running as fast as one could go in the woods and fields. Training was hard. Sometimes my skinny legs … Continue reading →

Posted in We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged character building, Christopher Cudworth, cross-training, Elburn, endurance sports, expectations, goal-setting, multisport training, newspaper route, personal goals, racing, Rocky, St. Charles, training, we run and ride | Leave a comment

Copenhagen shows the world how it’s done on public biking

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth (with contributions from Keith Hauser) Part of the difficulty in making the cycling and running world safer for millions who run and ride is in stretching the public imagination to see what is possible when people really … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, We Run and Ride Every Day | Tagged bicycle density, bicycle lanes, biek lanes, bike lock, bike racks, bike stands, Chicago, chicago bike lanes, Christian 3 wheel bikes, Christopher Cudworth, copenhagen, cycling safety, Denmark, double decker bike stands, Dutch, green city, League of Illinois Bicyclists, no baskets, no lights, no racks, old town, public bikes, sightseeing, sightseeing by bike, single speed, tourists, travel cycling, urban cycling, we run and ride | Leave a comment

The Zen of making tracks while running and riding

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Many of us track the miles we cover through records in journals, online or through new technology such as Strava or other digital methods. But nothing tracks our existence like the immediacy of our own tracks, left … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: we run and ride

Running and riding on the tarsnake of cinnamon rolls

The simplest thing you can do to improve bike safety on the road

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

Seeing your way to better running and riding

What it really means to compete

Grass and bamboo bikes are trippy

Saturday Artwork: 1972 drawing of Pre from pic in Sports Illustrated

Unintentional cross training sometimes the best

Copenhagen shows the world how it’s done on public biking

The Zen of making tracks while running and riding

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