• Why would I do that? • [1 MIN READ] The teens in the SUV clearly found it amusing if not also amazing, but the girl on the bicycle found it baffling as she stated to her father walking behind her: “Dad, there’s a guy running with sticks.” He turned to look and paused before … More Carry On? (#304: 2025’04’16’W)
• Not planning hard also counts for something sometimes • [3 MIN READ] My expectations weren’t high for last week’s marathon in Wilmington DE. Why should they have been? I had the all the distance work I needed, but only modest speed work. I guessed that I might be lucky to break 4:10. We two … More Run Report: DE Marathon, 04’06’U (#303: 2025’04’09’W)
• Governance in club matters • [1½ MIN READ] A previous Rumination raised the issue of authority in determining the definition of a competitive marathon. I made light of it by naming myself the arbiter of the definition. I can get away with it because I’m the one using the term to quantify how many … More Long Live the Monarchy (#186: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/29/25)
• AKA the Wilson pose • [1½ MIN READ] Newer GGR crew members don’t know that being a poser is a thing with us. There’s an entire series of Cerebruns and pictures featuring the characteristic way certain people present in the weekly Attendance photo. Quite intentionally, Jackie has been distinguishing herself of late with her … More Posers: Jackie Edition (#302: 2025’04’02’W)
• Running isn’t the only challenge • [2 MIN READ] Philadelphia this past fall was my 25th marathon; competitive marathon, that is. What do I mean by “competitive,” particularly when 3 of them were not for myself (but to pace others)? It’s the question that I had to ask myself as I counted them up. … More The Marathon Definition Process (#185: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/22/25)
• Actually, take them all • [<1 MIN READ] The JRC store staff have considerable ability and help customers well using it. That’s not to say they don’t have their quirks though, which we get to see occasionally in full expression. I point to their picture-taking judgment, in particular. Here’s an outtake from a few … More Everyone’s a Comedian, Take II (#301: 2025’03’26’W)
• Training isn’t the only challenge • [1½ MIN READ] Here we are in another spring marathon season. This time it’s the Delaware (Running Festival) Marathon on Sunday, 4/6, just 2 weeks away. Expectations are…tempered. Those who pay attention to this-here thought piece, Ruminations, know that I don’t get motivated the way I did when … More The Marathon Selection Process (#184: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/15/25)
• Through running and GGR • [2 MIN READ] I don’t imagine I’m the only Growler who can testify to the catalytic role of running or the GGR club and crew in my life. Regarding the former, running entered my mid-life when it was time to develop myself physically a little: Midlife Crisis*. I could … More Personal Development (#300: 2025’03’19’W)
• On non-billiard breaking • [½ MIN READ] (At the start of a January SRC run) -CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/8/25), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Rumination only … More Two Balled in the Side Pockets (#183: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/8/25)
• The sky or the stein • [1½ MIN READ] Over my time living in the Delaware Valley, I’ve learned one thing about weather forecasting. It’s particularly tricky around these here parts. It seems there is something about the tension between what comes down from the Canada and what comes up from the Atlantic that … More Run Report: Raining and Pouring (#299: 2025’03’12’W)
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