• You just had to be there • [<1½ MIN READ] Everyone who’s been working on fall race training has had to start actually delivering. This past Saturday (11’09), that meant 3 rudder bunnies doing the Rocky Run 5K and 10MI and 2 doing the Boston Half Marathon. The Rocky Runners were Grace (35:12) and … More Awesome Race (#282: 2024’11’13’W)
• That’s what it is and I’m sticking to it • [1 MIN READ] Being the compulsive sort that I am, round numbers have always been important. For that reason, I’m going to stop short of the end of a run or add on to it to get the final number to the nearest full … More Altered States: Distances (#171: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/2/24)
• Compare and contrast • [1 MIN READ] This was the traveling team’s 4th visit to Black Men Run Philadelphia this year. And the running club down at Lloyd Hall was plenty pleased to have us join. BMR does community in ways that are similar to GGR and in ways that are different. One similarity … More Run Report: 10’30’W (#281: 2024’11’06’W)
• In vivid, living color • [½ MIN READ] One theme of the weekly attendance picture is the different sections of the store. Although the section can vary, usually they’re more of a background than even a part of the picture, but every often the section takes front and center, at least relatively. Here’s one … More A Cross Section of the Store (#280: 2024’10’30’W)
• For your consideration • [1 MIN READ] A Saturday SRC runner introduced me to Mario Fraioli, The Morning Shakeout podcaster. Rudder Bunny observed that one big thing of his is community in running. Well, hey, our Growlers Group Run thing is community in running! With one of his guests, he got into defining the … More Run Crew vs. Run Club (#279: 2024’10’23’W)
• More rewards of running with SRC • [1½ MIN READ] SRC attendance numbers have been swelling with the onset of fall racing season. Ask around and you’ll find Harrisburg (11’10’U), Philadelphia (11’24’U), Rehoboth Beach (12’07’S), and even Honolulu (12’08’U) Marathons in the mix. A bunch of Shawmont runners also do Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon … More Run Report: End of the Road Half Marathon (#170: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/19/24)
• When the original doesn’t quite make it • [1½ MIN READ] While weekly attendance photos have become de rigueur, a photo theme isn’t necessarily as typical. This last week’s photo was exceptional. The panoramic shot felt in order, with the understanding that no one would move. Here’s what happened the last time, a few … More The Attendance Photo – Director’s Cut (#278: 2024’10’16’W)
• And talking about them • [2 MIN READ] As circumstances would have it, the make up of GGR has been shifting in the last months. I can claim no direct influence on that shift. I’m just an observer and commentator. In this case, I’m talking about a shift in the direction of Asian-ness that … More Thinking About Group Ethnicity and Racial Make Up (#277: 2024’10’09’W)
• Why? Why not? • [1½ MIN READ] One of my standard questions to GGR club newbies is, “What’s your running like?” It’s just helpful to know where people are so that all of us club members can encourage each other. It helps to build the sense of community. Lately we’ve gotten a few newbies, … More Marathon Training, Again? (#276: 2024’10’02’W)
• Not mine • [2 MIN READ] The Growlers Group Run “belongs” to Jenkintown Running Company. The store opened in 1981 and hung out a shingle inviting runners to use it as a starting place for weekly workouts. I didn’t start running with the group until the year I started running, period, in 2011. Groups … More Whose Running Club Is This? (#275: 2024’09’25’W)
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