• Reassign culpability. It’s much more entertaining. • [2 MIN READ] I strained my right calf a few months ago. Fortunately, physical therapy that I got last year for Achilles tendinopathy also works for strained calves. They’re all kind of connected: literally. After a few months of doing that exercise, that calf is closer to … More It’s Not My Fault (#199: 2023’03’29’W)
• But what about this feature? • [2 MIN READ] “Ruminations” is one feature of Shawmont Running Club’s Weekly Run Report. If your intersection with the Report comes from outside of Facebook (where you can read all of the features since its inception, long before I started contributing), then you wouldn’t know what the various … More A Different Opinion on Ruminating (#124: 3/18/23 RUN REPORT)
• Sometimes, the harder you try… • [1 MIN READ] There’s one person who’s virtually made a running career with the club by not being around for the picture but showing up eventually to run anyway. If we stall our departure from the store, we can occasionally catch him. Sometimes we’re right and sometimes we’re … More He Who Shall Not Be Pictured (#198: 2023’03’22’W)
• A particular thing from a particular individual • [1½ MIN READ] The prompt for this Rumination was a run with the Blue Belle contingent of SRC. The bunch of us took off from a park in North Wales and it wasn’t long before Lisa Marie apologized for being kind of loud. Not to say … More To Hell with This (#123: 3/11/23 RUN REPORT)
• Prophets We Are Not. Thankfully. • [1¾ MIN READ] A few weeks ago, Jim joked about my effort to fix the photographic attendance record (2023’02’21’T). You can go read that Cerebrun for more details; but basically, I had x-ed Jim out from one photo because I had added him to earlier one in error. … More Things Did Not Go South, Permanently (#197: 2023’03’15’W)
• Been a long while since the last bunch, but they do keep coming • [1 MIN READ] Another linguistic offering inspired over earlier days and years. See Fine Print for others. -CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue FINE PRINT ¶Double Entendre, Double Entendres II, Logophilia, The Babe-ification of Language. ¶Text by Calvin … More Double Entendres III (#122: 3/4/23 RUN REPORT)
• With us Growlers • [1¼ MIN READ] Broad Street Run 2023 is rapidly approaching and many of us Growlers will be doing it (2023’04’30’U). We’ve even had had JRC team efforts in the past: Preserved on Crystal. For those runners who don’t consider themselves long distance runners, you’re probably wrong. One running author considers … More Training for Broad Street Run (#196: 2023’03’08’W)
• Extreme? I know you are, but what about me? • [1¼ MIN READ] We have our Shawmont inspirations who have gotten attention over the years (Just Gene, Professor Sandy), but a Washington Post article places the majority of us in an inspirational echelon for many other people: Americans Over 50 Are Doing Extreme Sports … More An Article Written About So Many of Us (#121: 2/25/23 RUN REPORT)
• Waaaaitaminit. How many other ways are there to take it? • [1½ MIN READ] The lead up to hump day for me relates to an opportunity I was applying for and spent a good bit of time investing in. They declined to make me an offer. They gave me a reason that I wish … More Don’t Take This Personally (#195: 2023’03’01’W)
• Some efforts turn out to be nothing at all • [1½ MIN READ] Kudos to OKhen whose first marathon(!)^ was a breeze; no doubt in more ways than one. My run last week was its own version, even if it didn’t quite reach 26.2. As usual, what made it so unique was the company. … More Easy Runner* (#120: 2/18/23 RUN REPORT)
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