• Connecting, circumstances permitting • [½ MIN READ] Stroller and I were on our way down Forbidden Drive when he yelled out to the young runner approaching from the other direction, “Hi, James!” “Hey!” James yelled back. “That’s my bathroom buddy,” he explained to me, “but he doesn’t know I call him that.” They had met on … More Bathroom Buddy (#226: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/22/26)
• Been there. Done that. • [1 MIN READ] I’m not a real roller. Everyone uses rollers and massagers for a variety of reasons. I hear Shawmont runners talk about the practice regularly. I don’t roll for one reason: I prioritize differently. >cough< lazy >cough< A few years ago, I decided to prioritize toe touches. Easy, right? Not for me. I started using a simple stretch and finally achieved my goal. It got me wondering about another degree of flexibility. I … More I Rolled for One Reason (#226: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/15/26)
• Treating Ankle Sprains • [1 MIN READ] Having sprained my ankles repeatedly, particularly my left, has made them prone to reinjury. We’ve probably all experienced our own versions of that truth. Research has confirmed that reality. Having sprained my ankles during official events and unofficial activities means that I’ve also learned how to cope with them: I keep … More Tried, Not So True (#224: ZY Weekly Newsletter 7/18/26)
• Based on polling data • [1 MIN READ] In a recent poll of what SRC club runners like in the Zen Yanni Weekly Newsletter, 2 of the top features were Runnin’ Off at the Mouth and Themz Who Was There (ShawmontRunningClub.com). It seems that those who favor them like the inspirational quality of the … More The State of the Newsletter (#223: ZY Weekly Newsletter 6/14/26)
• Opinion duly noted • [10 SEC READ] Terminator Tony: Your writing is like a book. It’s too long. Tall Dave: Quietman Tom is in rare form. [Talking, not writing.] CtCloser: Tony ran. –CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue (iCandybyWangC.com) FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (CreativeCommons.org). … More SRC Run Report: Tony Abridged Version (#222: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/30/26)
• I left the hard work to others • [2 MIN READ] On Saturday, Jimmy Dee and I arrived at the Valley Green water fountain together. Another runner asked innocently, “Why are you so out of breath? Were you racing?” Both of us having just come off the DL agreed: It felt like it. Jimmy … More SRC Run Report: I Wasn’t Racing (#220: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/16/26)
• 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)
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