All writing efforts, including ones that don’t fit so well in other existing categories.
• People ate it up • [1½ MIN READ] Donuts and Discussion made a reappearance from last year as a club outreach activity. Like last year, it ran for 3 Wednesdays across consecutive weeks at the beginning of the semester. This D&D featured a few of us club reps sitting in the Chat eatery giving … More No, Donuts and Discussion Didn’t Crumble
• You can be sure there were more • [1½ MIN READ] Asian Christian Fellowship’s fall retreat for the second time was the combined retreat for Coalition for Christian Outreach’s Central and Eastern Pennsylvania regions (09’12’F-14’U). Forty-two students and CCO staff from 5 college campuses participated this year, 12 from Arcadia University (9 students, 3 … More Two Takes on the ACF Retreat
• Instead of “Run” • [1½ MIN READ] It’s odd to think how many JRC GGR-ers, back in the day, were not actually denizens of Jenkintown, given the store’s name; but, you know, retailers can’t discriminate: it’s bad for business (Jenkintown Running Company online and this website). What’s odd, relatively, is how many Jenkintonians there … More Walk Report (#323: 2025’09’24’W)
• Yer a big deal already • [2 MIN READ] Newbie Kate joined the Growlers for the first time and created trouble immediately. For me anyway. As someone who writes about the club and its peeps, I don’t use full names. So, the first appearance of any name among the crew is not a problem, … More Welcome to a New Runner (#322: 2025’09’17’W)
• Generating remarkable attention • [1 MIN READ] Alden went to Chemistry wearing his new Arcadia Christian Fellowship shirt. The one that has 2 Timothy 1:7 on the back: For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline. The one that the Chemistry professor read from to encourage … More The 2025 Arcadia Christian Fellowship T-shirt
• Begun as early as possible • [1 MIN READ] Torin was bor’n [sic] just 2 months ago and he’s already getting out there on the course. We’ve had a bunch of infants and kiddos joining the crew—some actually running—so we’re hoping good things for Torin’s interest in the Growlers. Whether the early exposure to … More Positive Influencing (#321: 2025’09’10’W)
• Accommodating • [2 MIN READ] All the phone gazing I do that SRC-ers tell me to stop caught up to me. What with the starting and pausing of MapMyRun or the logging of a thought or detail, club runners are worried about me injuring myself. “Ah, I’ll be fine,” I say dismissively. Until I’m … More Lessons from a Sprained Ankle (#196: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/30/25)
• Avoiding • [2 MIN READ] Minimizing distraction would be a good way to avoid spraining an ankle. I could read a book and walk home from elementary school as a kid, but using a smartphone and running is not the same thing. Spraining an ankle off the roadbed where there was no curb was … More Lessons from a Sprained Ankle II (#197: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/6/25)
• A certain kind of failure • [<1½ MIN READ] Using both Strava and MapMyRun to track every week’s run is a thing for me—both apps—as is getting a nice, round number to prove my compulsiveness. So, imagine my dismay when my phone battery died on me last week, midrun. Some people will argue running … More Run Report: 08’27’W (#320: 2025’09’03’W)
• Manor Road is great, too • [1 MIN READ] Twenty-one recorded runners took off from the horse stables at the top of Forbidden Dr with one newbie in tow, Lynette. She’ll get to Shawmont Avenue eventually—what with her sights on a first marathon with Philadelphia in November—but that run was to be an 8-miler … More Run Report: 6/14/25 (#190a: ZY Weekly Newsletter 6/14/25)
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