Relating to specific events and their details
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 influence of one in particular • [<1 MIN READ] There is compelling evidence to explain the Philadelphia Eagles’ win over the Kansas City Chiefs in this past Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX: Celine. The baby of Growlers A.A.Rondasay (AKA Aaron and Candace) was born 01’07’T. When the Birds won their division we leaned into … More The Growlers and the Eagles (#295: 2025’02’12’W)
• Why? Why not? • [1½ MIN READ] One of my standard questions to GGR club newbies is, “What’s your running like?” It’s just helpful to know where people are so that all of us club members can encourage each other. It helps to build the sense of community. Lately we’ve gotten a few newbies, … More Marathon Training, Again? (#276: 2024’10’02’W)
• How that works in one case as an Asian • [1½ MIN READ] A persistent stereotype about Asians is that they don’t make waves. As far as Philadelphia’s Chinatown community is concerned, the stereotype was correct. This means that the Gallery at Market East (now “Fashion District”) got built, curtailing growth to the south … More Stereotypes Have Limitations (#273: 2024’09’11’W)
• Running at another level • [1 MIN READ] Among the Growlers, more than one has used the description of us as a drinking group with a running problem. Last week it was more like a drinking group with an exploring problem. A handful of us started from one of the Growler couples’ houses near … More A Drinking Group with an Exploring Problem (#272: 2024’09’04’W)
• With a great convergence • [1 MIN READ] The group seemed small when 4 of us Growlers met last week at Bill’s Best for WWW, but it happens; so off we ran toward JRC. When we got there and checked in with JRC Nicole, we discovered that a boatload of Growlers had met there … More A Minor Divergence (#271: 2024’08’28’W)
• Rain. Who me? • [<1 MIN READ] I drove to JRC, opting against my usual run there. That kept me dry for what I secretly prayed would be a washout of the run game. The secret was out when I adamantly proclaimed to JRC Jane and JRC Keith, “I’m not running.” Surely the Growlers … More Run Report: 03’06’W – Kicking and Screaming (#248: 2024’03’13’W)
• Better with the heat and humidity all the time • [1½ MIN READ] I hadn’t been getting accustomed to the heat. But I had an excuse. The heat has been exceptional, no doubt. The last full week of July saw the 4 hottest days [free access with registration] ever scientifically recorded. That fact comes … More Getting Better (#164: ZY Weekly Newsletter 7/27/24)
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