Category: Running

Nor’easter (#230: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/26/26)

September 30, 2026

• A soggy Saturday • [1 MIN READ] The past Saturday’s news for runners featured the nor’easter that threatened weekend plans, including workouts. Check out the SRC Run Report for what happened at the fence while the Bridge to Bridge Relay Run took place (ShawmontRunningClub.com). (SRC runners’ efforts are also in this newsletter’s Congrats-a-mundo to All feature.) It … More Nor’easter (#230: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/26/26)

When Newcomers Are a Problem (#366 : 2026’09’23’W)

September 22, 2026

• Or are names just a me thing? • [>1 MIN READ] When Grace and Phil arrived to run with us for the first time, their presence posed problems immediately. Not that they would be confused on sight with any other club runner, but the name overlap is getting ridiculous. Phil’s name was so much … More When Newcomers Are a Problem (#366 : 2026’09’23’W)

Running Quiply, Jr. (#229: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/12/26)

September 15, 2026

• Just don’t stop • [½ MIN READ] A cavalcade of clever conversation from club quippers: On Digital Metrics Rob: It’s weird, my VO2-max is so much lower when I’m marathon training.Quip: Applying disappointment factor… On Ascending Shawmont Avenue Quietman Tom: Usually you’re ahead of me on Shawmont.Quip: I’m ramping back up to kick your butt.Quietman Tom: … More Running Quiply, Jr. (#229: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/12/26)

The Overrun

September 8, 2026

• As practice and as terminology • [2 MIN READ] This piece has a 2-fold purpose: (1) to describe the evolution of a practice and (2) to describe the evolution of a term.  The Growlers is a running club. It’s been in existence since the establishment of the Jenkintown Running Company that formed and has … More The Overrun

The Attendance Taker (#227: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/29/26)

September 2, 2026

• If not Ted, then who? • [1½ MIN READ] A big challenge for me in recent years of long running is how cooperative my GI is going to be before the rest of the body has to get going, too. Last Saturday, there was the additional complication that I never turned on my alarm to wake … More The Attendance Taker (#227: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/29/26)

Run Report: A Growler in Denver (#363: 2026’09’02’W)

September 1, 2026

• Not quite flying in Mile-high • [>1 MIN READ] Wife and I were visiting Boy in Denver where he’s working as a satellite engineer. The morning running plan last Wednesday was to shoot over to Sloan’s Lake and maybe add on. Sloan’s Lake features a 2.7-mile loop around and a 1.7-mile one-way effort from … More Run Report: A Growler in Denver (#363: 2026’09’02’W)