Relating to a particular event
• In vivid, living color • [½ MIN READ] One theme of the weekly attendance picture is the different sections of the store. Although the section can vary, usually they’re more of a background than even a part of the picture, but every often the section takes front and center, at least relatively. Here’s one … More A Cross Section of the Store (#280: 2024’10’30’W)
• For your consideration • [1 MIN READ] A Saturday SRC runner introduced me to Mario Fraioli, The Morning Shakeout podcaster. Rudder Bunny observed that one big thing of his is community in running. Well, hey, our Growlers Group Run thing is community in running! With one of his guests, he got into defining the … More Run Crew vs. Run Club (#279: 2024’10’23’W)
• More rewards of running with SRC • [1½ MIN READ] SRC attendance numbers have been swelling with the onset of fall racing season. Ask around and you’ll find Harrisburg (11’10’U), Philadelphia (11’24’U), Rehoboth Beach (12’07’S), and even Honolulu (12’08’U) Marathons in the mix. A bunch of Shawmont runners also do Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon … More Run Report: End of the Road Half Marathon (#170: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/19/24)
• With a couple of other SRC-ers • [1½ MIN READ] To me, community deepens through conversation. With the breadth of abilities and knowledge represented in SRC, there’s so much to gain. Not long ago, I had a chance to learn about wholesaling and new-product promotion through Teddio (If you don’t know what I’m talking … More The Way I See It (#168: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/14/24)
• I needed more friends • [1½ MIN READ] During a conversation with my 3 brothers, one asked a sincere question about what friendships looked like in our lives these days. He and the other 2 admitted they probably had no more than they could count on one hand. Not so many years ago, I … More Moving Beyond Acquaintanceships (#166: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/24/24)
• Not me for a change • [<1 MIN READ] So Spouse insists on parking in the next aisle of the lot so that the car can get a little shade which necessitates an additional 50’ of walking. Fine. I grouse about her being compulsive. Fine? But what does it mean when the song on … More Parking Lot Compulsion
• Even the least of the Olympians • [1½ MIN READ] You have your own Paris Olympics highlights, I’m sure; some we SRC-ers compared early notes about. It’s not really weird how many of mine hover around the female athletes, given that a record percentage competed this year, 48%, that for Team USA was 53%. At the … More Gods Among Us (#165: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/10/24)
• Competitive compatibility? • [<1 MIN READ] Andregan were the club reps at Philadelphia’s Love Run on March 24. The two (AKA Andy and Megan) started running with us last year when they were training for Broad Street. When Megan sent me the pic after their finish, I promised to feature it. (L-R: Megan, … More Love Run Report: 03’24’U (#253: 2024’04’17’W)
• Course Quips • [<1 MIN READ] With 3 of us doing spring marathons (Me in 19: Jersey City. Aaron [Big Sur, CA] and Adelaide and me [Gettysburg] in 33.), the past run was the source of a couple of course quips. Candace’s embraced the best of one particular Growlers Group Run community: “Think of … More D Minus 19 (and 33) Days to Marathon (#250: 2024’03’27’W)
• An off-beat event report • [1½ MIN READ] The 5th running of the annual ORC Relay took place the past 03’16’S and it was another winner. This tiny event connects the 3 locations of The Original Running Company: Jenkintown RC, legacy Fairmount RC, and Ridley RC. It’s been a runner favorite over the years … More A Participant Favorite (#155: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/16/24)
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