• Fourth year and counting • [1½ MIN READ] In fall 2019, the Original Running Company (of which Jenkintown Running Company is but one store) opened its 3rd store in Ridley Park Township, Delaware County, PA. A look at a map of the Greater Philadelphia area made it clear that the distance from the Jenkintown … More A Home-grown Growlers Running Event (#233: 2023’11’29’W)
• Does that make me strange? • [1 MIN READ] The default distance for Shawmont Running Club is the 14-mile loop going down Forbidden Drive, then west on Main Street and the Canal Path, and finally up Shawmont Avenue to return back to the start by any number of ways. Anyone can (and many do) … More Thankful for Shawmont 14-Mile Runs (#142: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/18/23)
• How one particular runner distinguished herself • [1½ MIN READ] One GGR revealed a lot about one Growler and a little about information seeking. It seems Grace, who was supposed to be out for recovery from a medical procedure (less serious itself than what happened next), had trouble during that procedure. It seems that … More One Mighty Growler (#232: 2023’11’22’W)
• Is there such thing as a welcome one? • [1½ MIN READ] The Growler’s Group Run Facebook group is open, so anyone with an FB profile can join. While I have the administrative rights to nix someone, I’ve never done it. Well with the membership of one particular person, we started getting solicitations to … More An Intruder in Our Midst (#230: 2023’11’08’W)
• The reason isn’t completely crazy • [1½ MIN READ] So about that yellow Bob-the-Builder hardhat that I wear to night-time runs. The more recent explanation is that a bunch of us did the End of the Road Half-marathon out in central PA last year. The course traverses an old section of the PA turnpike … More Why the Yellow Hardhat (#229: 2023’11’01’W)
• East Coast met West and West Coast met East • [1 MIN READ] Back a few years ago, I was visiting SoCal and hanging around long enough during marathon-training season to want to find a running group around Torrance where my fraternal twin lives. In the process, I found Village Runner Running Club (CER#113) … More Opposites Attract (#231: 2023’11’15’W)
• I’ll start with this • [1½ MIN READ] All of a sudden, there’s so much to write about in this little feature of the ZY Memorial Newsletter. This past week alone, there was the New York Marathon, Adidas’ new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1, and Jenny Hoffman’s still-unofficial record-smashing San-Fran-to-NYC run. On the SRC … More So Much to Say (#141: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/4/23)
• Not youse. Themz. • [1½ MIN READ] Go on as one might about that which is not sticks and stones, names really can hurt. They might not cause physical injuries, but the emotional scarring could really be lasting. I haven’t done the research on post-traumatic stress disorder as it relates to name-calling, but I’m … More You Turtle* (#139: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/21/23)
• Jumping onto the bandwagon • [1 MIN READ] Talks-a-Lot* Bob got on Facebook in early September to share a pic of himself wearing an SRC-branded running shirt. I’ve often thought about purchasing my own; but I got a hard lesson about inventory and commerce: You don’t recoup costs if it’s sitting around. So, sell … More The SRC Brand (#140: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/28/23)
• Figuring out what we’ve long known • [1½ MIN READ] Last Newsletter (9/23/23), Teddio shared an NYT article (The Rise of Run Clubs) about entire clubs that meet at various races; in that case, Berlin. By now Just Gene, Just Hilary, and Pat M have represented Shawmont Running Club in Berlin and we should … More Running Clubs in the News (#137: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/30/23)
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