• Even when you don’t think you’re a writer • [1 MIN READ] For a number of years after he couldn’t get to the trail the way he wanted to, zen yanni gave the job of writing the Ruminations for each Run Report to some of us others who were willing to contribute. Run Anon … More Telling Your Story (#135: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/2/23)
• An occasion and a person • [1½ MIN READ] Last week, I skipped the regular Growlers Group Run to celebrate my and my wife’s wedding anniversary: #37. It’s not a nice round number, but it’s really big and it amazes me when I mention it to people like I did when I stopped by … More Celebrating a Special Date (#221: 2023’09’06’W)
• Do you mind? Kinda busy here. • [1 MIN READ] Some of you SRC readers may have noticed the estimated reading durations that have been a part of my Ruminations for a few months. I started noticing durations as a thing on NewYorkTimes.com. Most of my Rums hover between 1 and 2 minutes to … More TL;DR (#134: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/26/23)
• Who’s honking? • [½ MIN READ] I’ve complained about others sharing the trail with us (I Couldn’t Say), but sometimes the sharing problem is with us aggressive trail users. Jimmy Dee shared about a time a bunch of years ago when he was the one. JIMMY DEE?! Do you believe it? (Yes, shared with … More Sharing the Trail (#133: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/19/23)
• Featuring the gals • [1 MIN READ] Last week the girls ran GGR, outnumbering the boys 5:4. JRC Keith remembers the days when the group was virtually exclusively male (2022’09’21’W). Thanks to regulars like Adelaide, Candasay (AKA Candace), and Grace and others going back over the last or so year (like Ali, Amy, Brigid, … More Gender Supremacy (#220: 2023’08’30’W)
• It’s all I have to wear • [1 MIN READ] Because I’ve anchored the Growlers Group Run since 2018, I get certain privileges. Me being the author of this weekly message has helped. It’s meant I get to drive more than one topic of conversation. The running club’s former anchor Chas was known for … More Do I Look Good in This? (#219: 2023’08’23’W)
• Two healthy Achilles tendons • [1½ MIN READ] For the last 5 years, I’ve had some significant problems with both Achilles tendons. First it was the right. Then a year later, the left demanded equal time. Both times, I finally went to a good physical therapy clinic and recovered. Each time I got lazy … More Not Again (#218: 2023’08’16’W)
• A lesson in the history of journalism • [2 MIN READ] One week’s Submarine Route run was prompted only in part by a desire to shake up the S5K Route run which has become the Growlers Group Run SOP (standard operating procedure). The other degree of appeal was the opportunity for a newbie to … More Sensationalism (#217: 2023’08’09’W)
• We’re talking about family • [1½ MIN READ] Running club as community? Growlers Group Run has that. Couples as community? We have that, too. Families as community? We have even had variations of that (thinking Brigid w mother Nora and Aunt Smileen, among others). As for generations, we have Mo with his grandson Tristan, … More Generations as Running Community (#216: 2023’08’02’W)
• Just a part of life • [2 MIN READ] Music services with their suggestion feeds make it possible for David Bowie’s 1971 classic to be known to those who continue to come long after that year. I was in single digits of years old when that first got radio play. Yesterday, I turned single … More Changes (#215: 2023’07’26’W)
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