• If you got to it once, you can do it again • [2 MIN READ] I started showing up to recent SRC runs after a few months of absence. Two recent weeks were because I had the good fortune to be on a Rhine River cruise (with Viking, if you want to know). This … More Running Fitness (#219: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/9/26)
• Travel Team goes it alone • [1 MIN READ] As has been the Growlers’ practice for the last bunch of years, the traveling team went down to Lloyd Hall, Boathouse Row to join Black Men Run Philadelphia (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise specified). Heads up (L-R: Edder, Stacey, T’Adam. Photo credit: Stacey Main) Home … More Splitsville (#353: 2026’05’13’W)
• If you managed to read the news in the right place • [>1½ MIN READ] You’d be forgiven for not noticing that Jacob Kiplimo broke the 2:00:35 marathon world record that Kelvin Kiptum set in 2023 at the Chicago Marathon. Under normal circumstances, breaking that world record by 7 seconds would have generated some … More Broken Marathon Records (#218: ZY Weekly Newsletter 4/25/26)
• Works for me • [<2 MIN READ] I came across him doing online marathon-training research: Jeff Galloway. He died 25 February 2026 (at the age of 80), so I’m a little late to the keyboard, but he himself made a big deal out of slower (ostensibly) being plenty fast enough. I’m talking primarily about … More Jeff Galloway’s Run/Walk Technique (#217: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/28/26)
• Connecting with SRC II • (ShawmontRunningClub.com, above [1½ MIN READ]) The best way to get to know Shawmont Running Club is by running with its members from the Zen Yanni Memorial Bench at the top of Forbidden Drive (ShawmontRunningClub.com, Google Maps). Another way is to browse the pages of the club website. This here … More One Illustrious Publication (#216: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/21/26)
• On the trail and online • [1½ MIN READ] Shawmont Running Club has been a thing on Forbidden Drive since the late 80’s … yes, of the twentieth century (Google Maps). SRC’s Facebook group page went live in 2012 and it was hopping back then (Facebook). All kinds of coordinating, reporting, and socializing took … More Connecting with SRC (#215: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/14/26)
• What, exactly, does that mean? • [2½ MIN READ] I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of my declaration to people that I sprained the middle toe of my right toe — without moving (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere in this post unless otherwise indicated). Since so many people know that I’m a long-distance runner, they … More Be Careful (#214: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/7/26)
• A little on SRC’s trail and online presence • [2 MIN READ] It seems to me that Shawmont Running Club is in an interesting space, what with people coming and going; many with very brief tenures (ShawmontRunningClub.com). (Or maybe that’s just me and the club’s always been that way. Anyhoo.) I’ve been a part … More Status Report (#213: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/28/26)
• The same day and date across the years • [2 MIN READ] I love getting to know people, getting to know their Priorities, their Contexts, their Histories. My goal is to find a point of common interest for building community. The common interest in a running club is the running: voilà, built-in community. Getting … More 2015 & 2026 (#212: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/7/26)
• In memory • [2½ MIN READ] I met James Craig not that long after I started running with Shawmont Running Club in 2014. He was excellent company and it didn’t take long for us to discover 2 interesting, preexisting points of connection. When he learned that I worked (then) for Arcadia University, he wondered … More All That Jaz (#211: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/31/26)
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