All writing efforts, including ones that don’t fit so well in other existing categories.
• Last week and next couple • [<1½ MIN READ] As mentioned in the Run Report, I showed up as usual despite the assurance of rain (Facebook). I loitered with store James and Keith as we became increasingly convinced that I was the whole show. I did opine that Jim-var was a possibility, if anyone … More A Word on Running Conditions (#357: 2026’06’17’W)
• Calvin’s Alaska Mission Effort 2026 • June 22 – July 7 [4 MIN READ] (This post exists on my website iCandybyWangC.com in order to provide context for who I am, not just a runner and campus minister but also a church servant to a worthy community.) This will be my year #10 as a … More 2026 Alaska Ministry Letter
• Opinion duly noted • [10 SEC READ] Terminator Tony: Your writing is like a book. It’s too long. Tall Dave: Quietman Tom is in rare form. [Talking, not writing.] CtCloser: Tony ran. –CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue (iCandybyWangC.com) FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (CreativeCommons.org). … More SRC Run Report: Tony Abridged Version (#222: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/30/26)
• It must have worked • [2 MIN READ] Despite the forecast of rain for the next 40 days and 40 nights, Saturday looked hopeful for the usual SRC run; only light to moderate. That morning, it looked even better; approximately flanking the usual 7:30 a.m. run time as eleven people showed up (ShawmontRunningClub.com and … More SRC Run Report: Rain, Rain, Go Away (#221: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/23/26)
• Alumni, unite! • [2 MIN READ] For unfamiliar readers, Coalition for Christian Outreach hosts an annual student conference in Pittsburgh called Jubilee (JubileeConference.com). It is a Christian conference cast in an academic hue; appropriate given its primary audience. ACF attends this mid-February event every year. One of its carnal pleasures is the munchies bag … More Serving the Club More
• If you managed to read the news in the right place • [>1½ MIN READ] You’d be forgiven for not noticing that Jacob Kiplimo broke the 2:00:35 marathon world record that Kelvin Kiptum set in 2023 at the Chicago Marathon. Under normal circumstances, breaking that world record by 7 seconds would have generated some … More Broken Marathon Records (#218: ZY Weekly Newsletter 4/25/26)
• Compare, contrast, converge • [1½ MIN READ] On a recent European trip that it was my good fortune to experience, one of two runs I was able to execute took place in Köln (Cologne), Germany. Köln runs alongside of the Rhine River and so did I. The Promenade went out of town and, naturally, … More Running in Köln, Germany (#351: 2026’04’29’W)
• A brainless week • [This is a pre-scheduled post.]
• A few runners of the canine persuasion • [1 MIN READ] [This is a pre-scheduled post.] While the typical Growler attending JRC’s weekly Wednesday runs is bipedal, there have been a few of the quadrupedal variety (iCandybyWangC.com, Facebook). One such, 2 weeks ago (2026’04’01’W), was Nico who hails from Jay-var’s family (Facebook). Train Dave … More Yer a Dog (#350: 2026’04’15’W)
• It’s a biblical reference. Nothing that weird, here. • [2 MIN READ] Executive Summary: This piece is an invitation for you to join my wife in her campus ministry work with me in mine. I parted ways with my job as an academic librarian in 2022 after 17 years. Maybe it was time, professionally. … More My Wife Is Joanna, Wife of Chuza
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