Relating to a particular event
• Not quite flying in Mile-high • [>1 MIN READ] Wife and I were visiting Boy in Denver where he’s working as a satellite engineer. The morning running plan last Wednesday was to shoot over to Sloan’s Lake and maybe add on. Sloan’s Lake features a 2.7-mile loop around and a 1.7-mile one-way effort from … More Run Report: A Growler in Denver (#363: 2026’09’02’W)
• That was true for a few last run • [1 MIN READ] Wikipedia defines a “debutante” as “a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal ‘debut.’” That definition from the French is old fashioned, elitist, and just a little narrow. I … More A “Debut” Is the First Appearance (#361: 2026’08’19’W)
• It must have worked • [2 MIN READ] Despite the forecast of rain for the next 40 days and 40 nights, Saturday looked hopeful for the usual SRC run; only light to moderate. That morning, it looked even better; approximately flanking the usual 7:30 a.m. run time as eleven people showed up (ShawmontRunningClub.com and … More SRC Run Report: Rain, Rain, Go Away (#221: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/23/26)
• So much joy • [1 MIN READ] Here are 3 cool happenings to celebrate, 2 crew-centric and 1 crew adjacent. Jay-var (the Jason variant of variations of Jason and Jim) did a run the day before his birthday this past weekend to celebrate the 10th anniversary of running in his life (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere … More Celebrations (#352: 2026’05’06’W)
• What’s the debate? • [2½ MIN READ] One of our ACF guys has a twin sister. This means sis Jada and bro James are fraternal twins, dizygotic, i.e., ones that develop from 2 different eggs. Identical twins develop when a fertilized egg divides into 2, the halves containing the same genetic material. “Monozygotic” twins … More Identical Twins Are Always the Same Gender
• 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)
• Another vendor event • [1½ MIN READ] 4/22/2026, 6:30 p.m., Jenkintown Running Company (Google Maps). The store has hosted shoe vendors in the past, but since my start with the Growlers Group Run (before we even called it that) in 2012, there have only been 2 coordinated with our regular Wednesday night activity (iCandybyWangC.com … More Mizuno Coming to the House… (#348: 2026’04’01’W)
• ‘Cuz sometimes it’s worth doing • [2 MIN READ] Part 1 of last week’s run began with the appearance of K2 and newbie Derm. The former has been away since 10’29’W because the latter’s work schedule has been interfering with quality time together on other nights of the week. They might have figured out … More More on Not Very Much (#346: 2026’03’18’W)
• 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)
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