Relating to a particular event
• For prospective new members • [1 MIN READ] Join the weekly Wednesday Growlers Group Run (6:30p)! We have a presence on Facebook where you can read weekly run reminders: No FB subscription required. I also send this same reminder out via email. These days we’re pacing 9-12 min/mile (and aging 20-60) making sure to regroup every … More This is the GGR
• An occasion and a person • [1½ MIN READ] Last week, I skipped the regular Growlers Group Run to celebrate my and my wife’s wedding anniversary: #37. It’s not a nice round number, but it’s really big and it amazes me when I mention it to people like I did when I stopped by … More Celebrating a Special Date (#221: 2023’09’06’W)
• Two healthy Achilles tendons • [1½ MIN READ] For the last 5 years, I’ve had some significant problems with both Achilles tendons. First it was the right. Then a year later, the left demanded equal time. Both times, I finally went to a good physical therapy clinic and recovered. Each time I got lazy … More Not Again (#218: 2023’08’16’W)
• 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)
• Uhh, Yep. • [1 MIN READ] It’s easy to forget something during race prep. We’ve all done it. One year while driving to the Frostbite 5 Miler I realized I’d forgotten my bib. Thankfully, Wife was able and willing to drive it over in time for me to clock an official race. It’s gotten … More Forgetful? (#132: 6/24/23 RUN REPORT)
• Homies • [1 MIN READ] The hometown running club is doing the hometown race. That would be the Growlers Group Run running Jenkintown Sunset 5K. The claim to the HRC designation is historical. JRC pioneered the running store niche in Jenkintown in the 80’s (as Fleet Feet, before someone bigger and richer claimed the … More GGR @ JNK S5K (#209: 2023’06’07’W)
• Pushing the limits of the store that hosts us • [1 MIN READ] The Growlers come in every Wednesday evening, fill in every corner of Jenkintown Running Company, harass the customers, drink beer, and burp. How anti-social can a running group get? Very. Last week we horned in on the business side of the … More Too Close (#208: 2023’05’31’W)
• Returning to a 2022 photographic theme • [1 MIN READ] You can check out the ‘pose’ subject heading for some examples, but we haven’t featured any in the attendance shot for a while. And then my mind went to Army Drew, whose presence of late made me think of his fave: psychotic eyeballs. I … More Posers (#207: 2023’05’24’W)
• With us Growlers • [1 MIN READ] Broad Street Run is the largest 10-mile race in the country. And it has to be the most popular long-distance race in Philly. It is definitely popular with the Growlers, past and present. My social media apps were buzzing furiously on 04’30’U (Sunday) with notifications from those … More Trained for Broad Street Run (#206: 2023’05’17’W)
• Imagine what real training could do • [1½ MIN READ] Last week (#201), I was seriously pondering an unplanned marathon for 16’U (Coastal Delaware Running Festival, Rehoboth Beach). This week I’m still pondering it: as a done deal. I drove down with the SRC running buddy who planted the seed for the race and … More A Little Conditioning Wasn’t Such a Dangerous Thing (#202: 2023’04’19’W)
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