• Members of 2 teams • [1 MIN READ] The Home Team running the usual from Jenkintown Running Company decided to go to Alverthorpe Park. Two went over and back for 3 miles and one added inside the park for 4 total. T’Adam gets the kudo [sic] for doing more than the typical 5K distance … More Run Report: Kudos for Stayers and Goers (#359: 2026’08’05’W)
• Pointing fingers at Stacey • [1 MIN READ] It was heartwarming to welcome Taylor last week. He and Stacey are brother and sister and he represented a special development with their family of origin. They grew up in Texas and their parents have been living in Florida. They’ve all, including a middle brother, decided to move to the Jenkintown area to be closer to Stacey … More The Gravitational Center of a Universe (#358: 2026’07’29’W)
• 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)
• About activity, runners, and many words • [2 MIN READ] The run featured 3 notable individuals: Conor, Kevin, and Rita. We were pleased to have Kevin join us after being absent since April … of 2025, but who’s counting (PIC [Facebook])? Aside from me. As for Conor and Rita, they had the distinction of … More Run Report: Notes from the Fields, Moving and Eating (#356: 2026’06’03’W)
• Meteorological and GGR • [2 MIN READ] Over my time anchoring the club (beginning 2017), there have been a few events that have had impacts, both greater and lesser, on the GGR and its members. When 2021’s Hurricane Ida swept through, no one bothered to show up. I did make a good-faith effort to … More What a Disaster (#355: 2026’05’27’W)
• Nothing threatening, hopefully • [1½ MIN READ] Naturally, newcomers (AKA newbies, noobs) have been a thing with the club since the beginning (1981). I was among them when I first started running with the club in 2012, before it was known as the Growlers and before Cerebruns came into being as a writing feature. … More A Gander at Newbies (#354: 2026’05’20’W)
• So much joy • [1 MIN READ] Here are 3 cool happenings to celebrate, 2 crew-centric and 1 crew adjacent. Jay-var (the Jason variant of variations of Jason and Jim) did a run the day before his birthday this past weekend to celebrate the 10th anniversary of running in his life (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere … More Celebrations (#352: 2026’05’06’W)
• 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 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)
• Increasing overlap • [1½ MIN READ] The run 2 weeks ago (2026’03’25’W) brought together 2 Jenkintown School District alumni who’ve been with the Growlers Group Run variously, but never together (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise stated). It’s not like it was the first time they’d ever met — Jenkintown is a compact borough and … More Personal History (#349: 2026’04’08’W)
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