Calvin Wang's running persona based on Shawmont Running Club's trail tag. GO TO: https://icandybywangc.com/flavors/ctcloser/
• A fool’s exercise • [2 MIN READ] ”Running” and ”jogging” are words that have bothered me for a while. When I started running in 2012 (Mid-life Crisis), I didn’t start consider myself a runner until I sustained the habit of moving fast enough to keep both feet off the ground repetitively while maintaining a … More Jogging: Converging on a Definition (#190: ZY Weekly Newsletter 6/7/25)
• An experimental route • [1½ MIN READ] Thaddeus has been running with the group for a bunch of months now and has gotten to know our habits. He thought it worth while to shake them up a little by suggesting a new running route. And we were willing to go with the shaking up … More Run Report: The Fountain(s) Run (#312: 2025’06’11’W)
• One old, one new • [1½ MIN READ] A.A.Ron and I registered with weekly census-taker Teddio to do Shawmont Avenue runs last week. Jamie and My-Oh Maya registered for 10’s. And that was the plan until the 4 of us reached the 5-mile mark after the stone bridge. It was there that MM caved … More Run Report: 5/31/25 – Threats (#189: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/31/25)
• To arms • [3 MIN READ] Last week we had to say goodbye to a Growler who made a big impression on the club in a little period of time. Jackie was a club newbie a mere 14 months ago and she got us right away. Not only did she arrive with comfortable running … More Farewell and Hello (#311: 2025’06’04’W)
• Coming apart and coming together • [1½ MIN READ] I met Jason at his house on the way over to the running store last week. This is something I regularly do because his place is just on the way to JRC. When I arrived, wife Valerie had me hang on while he finished readying. … More Run Report: Off Kilter (#310: 2025’05’28’W)
• Shawmont grows on you • [1½ MIN READ] From the start, I didn’t want to run with Shawmont Running Club. Nothing personal, but the great appeal of running back then was the ability to step outside my front door in Abington and just take off. Running shoes from Jenkintown Running Company were a plus. … More Reluctant Introduction (#188: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/17/25)
• And the conundrum • [1½ MIN READ] After last week’s Cerebrun, the question to Stacey was, “Did you read it?” Given that it was about her in name and subject matter suggests that the answer had to be a yes. The prompt was that Stacey admitted never clicking on the “Read more” link to … More The Stacey Resolution (#309: 2025’05’21’W)
• And the solution • [2 MIN READ] Stacey is at the heart of a conundrum. After a particular absence by me from one week’s run—during which she took the requisite attendance photo—I learned that she doesn’t like them anyway. To accommodate her dislike, I suggested upon my return that she take the photo, that … More The Stacey Conundrum (#308: 2025’05’14’W)
• What could possibly go wrong? • [2 MIN READ] My past DE (Running Festival) Marathon put me in a quandary when I arrived with none of my usual race fuel (‘Of course it’s all in my running bag, where else would it be?’ How about: ‘At home in a different bag’?). Many long runs … More Never Try Anything New During a Race (#187: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/10/25)
• It happens step by step • [1 MIN READ] GGR was well represented at Broad Street Run, 05’04’U (Sunday), with 6 regular runners: Aaron, Grace, J’Adam, Jim, Kevin, and Scott. That was without even registering as a club. What was exciting was that four of them ran their biggest distance with BSR’s 10 miles. … More The Journey to Longer Running (#307: 2025’05’07’W)
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