Relating to a particular event
• The bandwagon is fuller by another passenger • [1½ MIN READ] CC started running with the Growlers a mere month ago bringing much to appreciate. He met Scottsy-Totsy at the club soccer team where both of their sons play. He was a long-time runner who had fallen off the wagon and was ready to … More Introducing CC (#333: 2025’12’03’W)
• The opposite of ease is dis-ease • [3 MIN READ] The word “autopsy” means what ‘the self’ (Greek: autos) ‘has seen’ (optos). Who can understand it in any other way than in the context of a pathologist conducting a postmortem (Latin: after death)? But it seems perfectly appropriate in the context of an individual … More Being a Philadelphia Marathon Race Pathologist (#204: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/22/25)
• Let’s keep things moving, here • [2½ MIN READ] The final Donuts and Discussion event took place in mid-November when we gave out donuts free in the campus eatery (this iCandybyWangC.com website and for following). It’s to engage passersby for the purpose of making us in the club accessible as Followers of Jesus. Ben’s … More Time Passages*
• Live and virtually • [2 MIN READ] There’s nothing like a crowd to make a competitive race seem easier and more enjoyable. I first cut my teeth on small marathons, where a runner can go a mile and see only other runners (I still rather prefer races like that.); so I was blown away … More Being a Philadelphia Marathon Race Supporter (#203: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/15/25)
• As easy as a download and runner look up • [1½ MIN READ] I like this quote attributed to Jimmy Fallon: “How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you” (Zen Yanni Newsletter 12/7/24 [ShawmontRunningClub.com]). I like it because of how true it is; certainly if I’m any indication. … More Short Circuiting the Marathon Brag (#331: 2025’11’19’W)
• About a bible study on giving up • [2 MIN READ] In our club meeting series on emotions in the bible this semester, Nancy led us in a consideration of fatigue. Nancy taught high school biology for a bunch of years and she’s no slouch on the role of biology in the human condition. … More That Which Fatigues
• Now that I know, first 2 of ? times • [2 MIN READ] The conviction from those in the know is that club principal Zen Yanni is the nutter runner who conceived the 4 Sisters route. As I’ve asked around from those in the knew, several club members are among the nutter runners who’ve … More RevisitED the 4 Sisters of Manayunk (#202: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/8/25)
• A different kind of ooch • [1½ MIN READ] Philadelphia Marathon training (11’16’Sun) has a few of us Growlers doing track workouts for speed at Cheltenham School District’s Cedarbook Middle School. Thaddeus’ place has been a good place for me to park and do a mile-and-a-third warmup. The route to the school cuts through … More A Hazard of One Speed Workout (#326: 2025’10’15’W)
• There might even be spiritual lessons to learn from the game • [2 MIN READ] Apparently, I wear out on my sleeve the fact that I play Wordle: “Calvin, you look like you play, right? How did you do today?” This made game playing a casual point of Arcadia Christian Fellowship engagement as that … More Wordle and the Word
• I did 2024 okay • [2 MIN READ] Last week’s ZY Newsletter feature, “Elsewhere on the Web” (“Rumination 2”), got my attention because I wanted to compare notes with my experience last spring 2024. Then, I did two marathons in a row for the second time in my 14-year running career, those were to … More A Double-marathon Season (#198: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/20/25)
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