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• GGR isn’t just about the runners •

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We love the store staff of Jenkintown Running Club because they tolerate us (iCandybyWangC.com; RunORC.com). They also give us running-club discounts. Sometimes they even run with us. Here are a few, both who did and some who didn’t but still made a big impression.

Keith (“the long-haired guy”) is the store veteran (pic, Facebook). He ran in high school and brings that knowledge and more to his managing.

Mike (“guy white-haired guy”) was the life veteran (pic and Run Report, Facebook). He joined the Growlers Group Run more than once (iCandybyWangC.com). He works elsewhere now and still does competitive long-distance running. Halves are his thing these days, but he has more than one full marathon under his belt.

Alfredo was the fast guy who’s among the tiny fraction of humans to break the 4-min mile. He wasn’t literally working in the store at that moment, natch, but he was on the staff at the time.

Drew raced with the club when we provided team members for Pennypack Trail Runners’ 2019 Mayor’s Cup effort (pic and Cerebrun, Facebook). He and I ran GGR a couple of times together in the leaner attendance days of the late 20-teens.

Phil was good for his puppy-dog personality (pic and Thoughts, Facebook). He still manages to pop up behind the counter occasionally.

Nicole is among a few gals who’ve been at the store, too (pic and Cerebrun, iCandybyWangC.com). I ran into her once when my training run and her racing crossed paths. There were no apologies during the figurative collision, just excited hellos.

Jane was a long-time runner with the Elkins Park Beer Runners when she got connected to the store as a staff member (pic and Cerebrun, Facebook; EPBR.com).

James would regularly run Forbidden Drive over the last year and see me there. Sorry, dude, I never managed to be looking in the right direction and hearing the right voice in time to return greetings.

Chase has been another puppy doggy sort who has taken a few attendance pictures for us. He’s remarkable for his indefatigable good humor.

Fester and Patrace are long-standing store fixtures (pic, Facebook). Literally. They’re terrible at conversation and they spend all their time just standing around. That would be a problem if they were human, so, fortunately, they’re not.

Sammer is the newest among the staff who ran with the GGR crew beforehand (just!) and got onto the payroll mighty quickly (iCandybyWangC.com). His heart is still with the club and he tweaks his work schedule to be able to keep running on Wednesday nights. He also happens to be friends with the aforementioned Alfredo and has done a 4-min 1500m: extremely not shabby.

That’s a survey from across my 14 years running with the club. Including those I didn’t mention, they are all and have been amazing people to the store’s customers. Thankfully, because no matter how antisocial we can be, we also buy there. Remember that discount.
     –CtCloser (Calvinthe), “Negative split or positive splat” #dothedue

FINE PRINT ¶Likeness used with permission. ¶Text and photos (unless otherwise stated): Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (CreativeCommons.org). ¶Cross-posted: (1) Facebook JRC Growlers Group Run (2026’02’11’W Run Message), (2) GGR email list, (3) Cerebruns by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Cerebrun with added caption and enumeration.

 

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