Relating to specific events and their details
• Moving on • [<1 MIN READ] I did my long run this past weekend on Sunday because Saturday was soggy. As of this writing, I don’t know who showed up, but Teddio and I waxed skeptical via text beforehand. Why not? It’s happened a lot lately. Teddio gets himself (or his alter ego) going … More A Soggy Saturday in the Rearview (#156: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/23/24)
• For the sake of the photographic record • [<1 MIN READ] ”Hoist with his own petard.” One of those old, rarely-used-and-even-less-well-known figures of speech that describes a late-2nd-millennium soldier getting hoisted when his incendiary device ignites prematurely. It also described last week’s attendance picture that was prompted when the springy pre-spring day got me … More The Story Behind the Shot (#249: 2024’03’20’W)
• Clarkson as applied to race training • [2 MIN READ] Speaking of race-training motivation as I was last week (CER#246), this whole Jersey City Marathon (04’14’U) came up because Growler-expat Cait has been wanting to qualify for Boston Marathon. Well that was motivation enough for me to join her. The other close-in-time marathons and … More Kelly or Be Killed (#247: 2024’03’06’W)
• Habit forming • [1 MIN READ] I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t always paid a lot of attention to the Jenkintown Sunset 5K race. This year, 2024, is its 32nd year and I’ve been a Jenkintown resident for 27 of those years. I don’t even know how many of those years that banner … More The Growlers Doing the S5K Race (#242: 2024’01’31’W)
• Fail • [<1 MIN READ] WWW on 12’20’W revealed that Jason and I have respective family members in Columbia MD. We decided to meet and run while we were both down there for the holidays. When it came time to execute, it may have been the sacrifice of quality time with family that made … More GGR’s Traveling Team (#238: 2024’01’03’W)
• Even if circumstances conspired against • [1½ MIN READ] Thanks to the 5 who came to the Growlers Group Run in my absence I could confidently join Black Men Run from Boathouse Row’s Lloyd Hall in Philly knowing there would be a good bunch who knew what to do back at the running store. … More A Safe Solo Run (#234: 2023’12’06’W)
• Something we can all use occasionally • [1½ MIN READ] I wrote at the beginning of November about SRC-branded products to ill affect. It seems Facebook trolls abound these days and will take advantage of any prompt to try to phish for information to steal in connection with false-product sales. Who knew? A couple … More I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends* (#143: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/25/23)
• Is there such thing as a welcome one? • [1½ MIN READ] The Growler’s Group Run Facebook group is open, so anyone with an FB profile can join. While I have the administrative rights to nix someone, I’ve never done it. Well with the membership of one particular person, we started getting solicitations to … More An Intruder in Our Midst (#230: 2023’11’08’W)
• But consider the eyes of the beholder • [½ MIN READ] Jim Variant trotting in late last week was the prompt for yet another take on photo-composited attendance pictures. If the picture is a representation of those who were there, then it should be complete. (L-R: Jason Variant [o’Variations o‘J&J], J’Adam, Stephen, Leah, JRC … More It May Not Be Art (#227: 2023’10’18’W)
• Running and talking do go together • [1½ MIN READ] With fall race season upon us, a few in the Growlers’ midst have been eager to work on speed. The question is how to manage the already different paces that various members run. Back in the day when I first started running with the … More Speed Work and Socializing (#223: 2023’09’20’W)
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