• One and done • [1 MIN READ] One particular WWW outing became the inflection point for a feature of the Growlers Group Run called the Attendance Photo. That first photo actually featured someone who wasn’t in attendance. Photoshop them in? Puh-leeze. Why waste the effort when you can use Paint? Keep expectations low I … More The Attendance Photo (#254: 2024’04’24’W)
• 5 Years for Ready Review • [1 MIN READ] I began crafting cleverly considered cogitations for incarnations of this club in 2018. Then, they were available exclusively through email and Facebook. Going back and reading any that happened to be particularly memorable required email and Facebook accounts. And fortitude. Because those platforms were intended … More Archive Complete (#185*: 12/21/2022, Weds)
• Nothing much • [1½ MIN READ] I’m part of a family business (fine watercolor) that takes me to LA occasionally where one of my 3 brothers lives. We 4 sons started it after our artist mother passed on in 2018. During the time when she was still living in the LA area, I started … More A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from GGR (#167: 9/14/2022, Weds)
• About this feature • [1 MIN READ] These here little thought pieces—Cerebruns, I call them—are a feature of the weekly run message I send out before each Wednesday night of Jenkintown Running Company’s Growlers Group Run. The weekly message itself comprises 4 parts: a reminder of the upcoming run, a report of the previous … More An Introduction to Cerebruns (#251: 2024’04’03’W)
• Course Quips • [<1 MIN READ] With 3 of us doing spring marathons (Me in 19: Jersey City. Aaron [Big Sur, CA] and Adelaide and me [Gettysburg] in 33.), the past run was the source of a couple of course quips. Candace’s embraced the best of one particular Growlers Group Run community: “Think of … More D Minus 19 (and 33) Days to Marathon (#250: 2024’03’27’W)
• For the sake of the photographic record • [<1 MIN READ] ”Hoist with his own petard.” One of those old, rarely-used-and-even-less-well-known figures of speech that describes a late-2nd-millennium soldier getting hoisted when his incendiary device ignites prematurely. It also described last week’s attendance picture that was prompted when the springy pre-spring day got me … More The Story Behind the Shot (#249: 2024’03’20’W)
• Clarkson as applied to race training • [2 MIN READ] Speaking of race-training motivation as I was last week (CER#246), this whole Jersey City Marathon (04’14’U) came up because Growler-expat Cait has been wanting to qualify for Boston Marathon. Well that was motivation enough for me to join her. The other close-in-time marathons and … More Kelly or Be Killed (#247: 2024’03’06’W)
• A running group can be all that • [1½ MIN READ] Running with someone else might be a hassle when it comes to coordinating household schedules, but sometimes you have no choice. No choice but to run With someone? Yeah, it’s about motivation. Registering for a racing event is great motivation for getting in … More When You Need Motivation (#246: 2024’02’28’W)
• Ditching those we love for something else we love • [<1 MIN READ] The smaller turnout last week brought attention to the fact that 4 significant absences were of 2 specific couples. “That’s funny. At least one is usually here. Ah, Valentine’s Day.” How romantic! Well then, what about the rest of us who … More A Bunch of Hopeless Romantics (#245: 2024’02’21’W)
• Audibly, if not socially • [<1 MIN READ] Hanging out after the weekly run, with a little alcohol in the veins, I spilled my guts about receiving a diagnosis of adult ADHD within the previous few days. It’s something I’d suspected because of anger issues (I know! I’m such an even-keeled guy! Not rly, … More GGR is Consistently about Community (#244: 2024’02’14’W)
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