Category: Ruminations

SRC Run Report: Tony Abridged Version (#222: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/30/26)

May 30, 2026

• 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)

SRC Run Report: I Wasn’t Racing (#220: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/16/26)

May 18, 2026

• 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)

Broken Marathon Records (#218: ZY Weekly Newsletter 4/25/26)

April 28, 2026

• 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)

Jeff Galloway’s Run/Walk Technique (#217: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/28/26)

March 28, 2026

• 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)

One Illustrious Publication (#216: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/21/26)

March 24, 2026

• 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)

Connecting with SRC (#215: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/14/26)

March 18, 2026

• 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)

Be Careful (#214: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/7/26)

March 11, 2026

• 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)

Status Report (#213: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/28/26)

March 4, 2026

• 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)