Relating to one person (or dog) or multiple single people, instead of an entire group
• Nothing threatening, hopefully • [1½ MIN READ] Naturally, newcomers (AKA newbies, noobs) have been a thing with the club since the beginning (1981). I was among them when I first started running with the club in 2012, before it was known as the Growlers and before Cerebruns came into being as a writing feature. … More A Gander at Newbies (#354: 2026’05’20’W)
• I left the hard work to others • [2 MIN READ] On Saturday, Jimmy Dee and I arrived at the Valley Green water fountain together. Another runner asked innocently, “Why are you so out of breath? Were you racing?” Both of us having just come off the DL agreed: It felt like it. Jimmy … More SRC Run Report 5/16/26: I Wasn’t Racing (#220: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/16/26)
• Travel Team goes it alone • [1 MIN READ] As has been the Growlers’ practice for the last bunch of years, the traveling team went down to Lloyd Hall, Boathouse Row to join Black Men Run Philadelphia (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise specified). Heads up (L-R: Edder, Stacey, T’Adam. Photo credit: Stacey Main) Home … More Splitsville (#353: 2026’05’13’W)
• 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)
• If you managed to read the news in the right place • [>1½ MIN READ] You’d be forgiven for not noticing that Jacob Kiplimo broke the 2:00:35 marathon world record that Kelvin Kiptum set in 2023 at the Chicago Marathon. Under normal circumstances, breaking that world record by 7 seconds would have generated some … More Broken Marathon Records (#218: ZY Weekly Newsletter 4/25/26)
• A few runners of the canine persuasion • [1 MIN READ] [This is a pre-scheduled post.] While the typical Growler attending JRC’s weekly Wednesday runs is bipedal, there have been a few of the quadrupedal variety (iCandybyWangC.com, Facebook). One such, 2 weeks ago (2026’04’01’W), was Nico who hails from Jay-var’s family (Facebook). Train Dave … More Yer a Dog (#350: 2026’04’15’W)
• Increasing overlap • [1½ MIN READ] The run 2 weeks ago (2026’03’25’W) brought together 2 Jenkintown School District alumni who’ve been with the Growlers Group Run variously, but never together (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise stated). It’s not like it was the first time they’d ever met — Jenkintown is a compact borough and … More Personal History (#349: 2026’04’08’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)
• Growlers style • [1 MIN READ] Shoshana arrived to JRC last week just as we Growlers headed out to run the Sunset 5K route (RunORC.com, iCandybyWangC.com). Oh, brother. Her arrival just after we took The Attendance Picture put our minds to J’Adam, who has practically made a career out of avoiding it (iCandybyWangC.com and … More Family Matters (#347: 2026’03’25’W)
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