• More about Zen Yanni • [1½ MIN READ] The Zenster, Zen Yanni (John Van Allen, 1947-2023), was a lifelong competitor. His memorial biography references his running. That one I knew, simply because of his connection to Shawmont Running Club. The one I didn’t know was that he was a triathlete. The competition pix of … More The Acts of Zen (#131)
• Pushing the limits of the store that hosts us • [1 MIN READ] The Growlers come in every Wednesday evening, fill in every corner of Jenkintown Running Company, harass the customers, drink beer, and burp. How anti-social can a running group get? Very. Last week we horned in on the business side of the … More Too Close (#208: 2023’05’31’W)
• Returning to a 2022 photographic theme • [1 MIN READ] You can check out the ‘pose’ subject heading for some examples, but we haven’t featured any in the attendance shot for a while. And then my mind went to Army Drew, whose presence of late made me think of his fave: psychotic eyeballs. I … More Posers (#207: 2023’05’24’W)
• With us Growlers • [1 MIN READ] Broad Street Run is the largest 10-mile race in the country. And it has to be the most popular long-distance race in Philly. It is definitely popular with the Growlers, past and present. My social media apps were buzzing furiously on 04’30’U (Sunday) with notifications from those … More Trained for Broad Street Run (#206: 2023’05’17’W)
• A Remembrance • [2½ MIN READ] I can only claim to knowing John Van Allen from a relatively limited perspective, given that I came on as a club member in the last 10 years (in 2013) of his 30-some year tenure. Still, based on what I’ve learned myself and heard from others (before and … More Zen Yanni (#130: 5/6/23)
• And what we do about them sometimes • [1 MIN READ] Report: Hello to Army Drew who’s back after nursing injuries. Once around the Submarine Route last week for the first time in 6 months (2022’11’09’W). Shout out to Mo who’s been sending kudos to the whole crew through this editor who’s sending them … More Ironies in Life (#205: 2023’05’10’W)
• By static • [1½ MIN READ] A glance at the Fine Print of this feature (as written by this columnist) will reveal that the SRC Run Report gets disseminated in 1 of 4 ways every week: through the Facebook group, the group website, through email, and finally (at least for the Rumination feature as … More This Program Has Been Interrupted (#129: 4/29/23 RUN REPORT [Intended])
• More about my running and writing • [2 MIN READ] Last week’s Cerebrun was about the running writing I’ve been doing for this feature of the GGR weekly message (#203). Back in December (#185), I shared about being able to read them collectively at Running @ iCandybyWangC. Face it; if you want to reread … More Needed to Come Out (#204: 2023’05’03’W)
• The running group isn’t that academic, either • [1 MIN READ] Academic types have a way of thinking about things they know or want to understand in the space of other existing knowledge. Why else would they spend so much energy reading and investigating the work of other academics? If someone else has written … More Not Quite Academic Writing (#203: 2023’04’26’W)
• A Positive Determination • [2 MIN READ] I wrapped up the last Rumination (#127) with a cliffhanger: Would I jump off the cliff with the other lemming by running the Coastal Delaware Running Festival Marathon (04’16’U)? With 8 degrees of appeal tantalizing me, what do you suppose? Yep, I did it. It turns out … More Coastal Delaware Running Festival II (#128: 4/15/23 RUN REPORT [Intended])
