Relating to specific events and their details
• The Growlers, off-road • [1 MIN READ] Jenkintown Adam (as opposed to Terrapin Adam, the latter being named after the University of Maryland mascot, the former being named after the place of residence) has been advocating a new and different running route around the Jenkintown Running Company. The backyard route is a variation of … More Happy Trails (#212: 2023’06’28’W)
• Recognize the different ones in use • [1½ MIN READ] Conversations and collaboration are prone to going haywire when participants are naïve to or ignorant of the ways they and others are engaging together. In politics, conversations about partisanship often overlook the reality that ideological considerations can shape conviction independent of party membership. In … More A Consideration of Angles of Perspective
• By static • [1½ MIN READ] A glance at the Fine Print of this feature (as written by this columnist) will reveal that the SRC Run Report gets disseminated in 1 of 4 ways every week: through the Facebook group, the group website, through email, and finally (at least for the Rumination feature as … More This Program Has Been Interrupted (#129: 4/29/23 RUN REPORT [Intended])
• A Positive Determination • [2 MIN READ] I wrapped up the last Rumination (#127) with a cliffhanger: Would I jump off the cliff with the other lemming by running the Coastal Delaware Running Festival Marathon (04’16’U)? With 8 degrees of appeal tantalizing me, what do you suppose? Yep, I did it. It turns out … More Coastal Delaware Running Festival II (#128: 4/15/23 RUN REPORT [Intended])
• An exercise in calculating degrees of appeal • [2½ MIN READ] Loving running in community as I do, I see certain races stand out, particularly the half and full marathons; because they’re magnets for Shawmonters. Naturally, Philadelphia’s belong on the list, simply because they’re right in our collective backyard. Unfortunately, they’re kind of big. … More Coastal Delaware Running Festival (#127: 4/8/23 RUN REPORT)
• Waaaaitaminit. How many other ways are there to take it? • [1½ MIN READ] The lead up to hump day for me relates to an opportunity I was applying for and spent a good bit of time investing in. They declined to make me an offer. They gave me a reason that I wish … More Don’t Take This Personally (#195: 2023’03’01’W)
• Some efforts turn out to be nothing at all • [1½ MIN READ] Kudos to OKhen whose first marathon(!)^ was a breeze; no doubt in more ways than one. My run last week was its own version, even if it didn’t quite reach 26.2. As usual, what made it so unique was the company. … More Easy Runner* (#120: 2/18/23 RUN REPORT)
• It probably wouldn’t be accurate anyway • [1½ MIN READ] A variation of Jason and Jim (in particular the latter) showed up to run last week and cheerfully observed that he got credit for attending a previous run that he didn’t actually attend: 2023’02’01’W. The detail I noticed during that run was that when … More No Attendance Taken (#194: 2023’02’22’W)
• Just because you can • [½ MIN READ] One: “This kind of weather makes me look forward to a hot shower. Or a hot coffee.” Two: “What about a hot coffee in the shower?” One: “That would be ridiculous.” Three: “I’ve done that. With beer. Wash a little, take a sip of beer.” Two: … More Can on the Can (#119: 2/4/23 RUN REPORT)
• Seriously? Not really. • [1 MIN READ] A recent event that I wrote about (“Hello?”) was just a little bit of me being me. Apparently at least one friend saw potential for me being even more of me: “Calvin, this might be a new ministry area for you: Wrong numbers.” “You mean, ‘Hi, is … More An Experimental Line of Work
