A Season for Transitions (#288: 2024’12’25’W)

• A few • [<1 MIN READ] With the end of the year upon us, a few transitions are nigh. The last WWW of 2024 found us celebrating Stacey’s 40th trip around the sun. 2025 will have her starting to experience all of the aging that comes with a body’s 4th decade. As we celebrated our club’s … More A Season for Transitions (#288: 2024’12’25’W)

Pacing with Some Greats (#174: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/30/24)

• World and local • [1½ MIN READ] Many of us SRC runners pay close attention to big marathon events and we know the range of paces that winners of those marathons produce. So, one particular video caught my attention after Eliud Kipchoge’s 2018 Berlin Marathon world record of 2:01:39. Runner’s World produced this 2019 … More Pacing with Some Greats (#174: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/30/24)

Run Report: Philadelphia Marathon (#285: 2024’12’04’W)

• Going out of one’s mind as success factor • [1½ MIN READ] Most people would consider it insane to run a marathon, I can qualify the conditions for the term a little. Sylvia was a Growlers noob at the beginning of September. At the time, she shared that she was a first-time marathon trainer … More Run Report: Philadelphia Marathon (#285: 2024’12’04’W)

Fall is Marathon Season (#283: 2024’11’20’W)

• PR’s all around • [<1½ MIN READ] Consider this a motivational piece for any new runners out there. The last few months brought 5 particular GGR runners (4 brand-new and one pseudo-regular[:p]), all with marathon aspirations: AndEss, CJ3, Li, Sylvia, and Yuki. Except for CJ3—doing his second, all were doing this mammoth distance for … More Fall is Marathon Season (#283: 2024’11’20’W)

Marathon Training Long-run Distances Relative to Weekly (#173: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/16/24)

• Ill-advised isn’t stopping me • [2 MIN READ] Kind of like for my unparalleled 3-race spring this year, fall has had a little of its own nuttiness in the form of a couple of not-originally-planned races (including the Rocky Run 10MI on 11’09’S). Spring was a function of my social-running mentality that made me … More Marathon Training Long-run Distances Relative to Weekly (#173: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/16/24)

Trailtagging III (#172: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/9/24)

• Nicknames 2.0 • [2 MIN READ] One thing I’ve learned both from editing for the Facebook group and ShawmontRunningClub.com and from talking about trail tags with club members is that not everyone likes them. WHAT? I guess I never woulda thunk it. When I say not everyone likes them, I don’t mean they don’t … More Trailtagging III (#172: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/9/24)