A Balanced Perspective on Last Week’s Effort (#225: 2023’10’04’W)

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• Appreciating the good in tandem with the bad •

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Last week’s run reminder implied that GGR absolutely had to run the Sunset 5K route so that Free-Burma Pete could complete his 200th circuit of 2023. Well, we did and so did he with 7 runners from his regular Pennypack Trail Runners club. It made for the record-breaking-attendance run of my 12-year tenure as a group member.

(Photo credit: Theresa Velykis. Back, L-R: Stephen, Jim, J’Adam, A.A.Ron [AKA Aaron], Katherine, Candasay [AKA Candace], Tania, Patrick, Leah, Adelavid [sidebar, AKA Adelaide & Train David]. Middle, L-R: Jen, Todd, Bryce, Stacey. Front, L-R: Mitch, Julianne, Free-Burma Pete, Jason, CtCloser, T’Adam [sidebar].)
Celebrating the accomplishment of Free-Burma Pete. Glad you could make it Adelavid and T’Adam…

The gathering was a hit, but the celebration was less so. Some forgotten contributor had brought a brew some weeks (months?) before and left it at the store undrunk. Jason absolutely had to crack it open as it hit its best-consumed-by date. Not everyone was convinced that what made the experience so memorable was the advent of that date as much as the dubiousness of the frosted-sugar-cookie-based recipe. We were all convinced that the taste of it was a deal-breaker, though.

4 beer drinkers with looks of disgust on their faces over the taste of a brew that 3 of them are holding.
(Photo credit: David Clapper. L-R: A.A.Ron, T’Adam, Jason, CtCloser.)
Unparalleled

Thankfully, the evening wasn’t a total loss. Thanks, Pete, for redeeming Jason.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe), “Negative split or positive splat” #dothedue

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Text and photos (unless otherwise stated): Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-posted: (1) Facebook JRC Growlers Group Run (2023’10’04’W Run Message), (2) GGR email list, (3) Cerebruns by CtCloser.

 

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