• 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)
• Again • [1½ MIN READ] Wandering around the neighborhood in mid-July, I witnessed Growler Adelaide planting her foot firmly on a spotted lanternfly nymph, thereby drawing its brief life to an abrupt end. We’ve all had it in us to do the same since they started populating our Jenkintown and environs in 2020. Have … More Those Hideously Beautiful Creatures (#214: 2023’07’19’W)
• Whom I happen to know better than anyone else • [1 MIN READ] The more socially outward among us know how to focus on other people. And I don’t mean extroverts here. I mean those who can keep attention on other people over themselves. I just returned from 12 days in native Alaska during … More All About Me (#213: 2023’07’12’W)
• The Growlers, off-road • [1 MIN READ] Jenkintown Adam (as opposed to Terrapin Adam, the latter being named after the University of Maryland mascot, the former being named after the place of residence) has been advocating a new and different running route around the Jenkintown Running Company. The backyard route is a variation of … More Happy Trails (#212: 2023’06’28’W)
• Uhh, Yep. • [1 MIN READ] It’s easy to forget something during race prep. We’ve all done it. One year while driving to the Frostbite 5 Miler I realized I’d forgotten my bib. Thankfully, Wife was able and willing to drive it over in time for me to clock an official race. It’s gotten … More Forgetful? (#132: 6/24/23 RUN REPORT)
• Laughing because we can • [1 MIN READ] One of the traditions of JRC’s GGR is the weekly attendance photo. Sometimes it’s purely functional and not necessarily creative. Other times, especially thanks to digital technology, it can be functional, clever, and amusing. At least in my opinion. Take last week’s shot(s) that I composited … More Masterful Photography Because of Technology (#211: 2023’06’21’W)
• Finding new comfort zones • [2½ MIN READ] Running is not only great physically, but also socially. It’s given me opportunities to interact with people of all stripes in spaces where I wouldn’t otherwise. As a practice, I started saying hi to people right from the start (we’re talking in 2011 as a middle-aged … More New Communities
• Cerebrun effort and more • [2½ MIN READ] TONIGHT [INVITATION] Forecast says 82° with 100% chance of CtC being at Jenkintown Running Company to join the masses yearning to run free tonight (see Cerebrun for more).* 6/8/2022, W, 6:30 p.m., RUN REPORT Having just run our usual Sunset 5K route for the actual Jenkintown … More Exactly What Exclusive Group Are We Referencing? (#156: 6/15/2022, Weds)
• Permission granted to waffle • [1 MIN READ] The forecast for last Saturday and Sunday was absolutely dismal at 30-70% chance of rain for a solid 48 hours and sub-50° temps. As far as degrees of appeal for conducting a Shawmont long run in certain heat-sapping sogginess, it virtually zeroed them all out. I … More Plenty of ARGHuing (#65: 5/29/21 RUN REPORT)
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