Relating to one person (or dog) or multiple single people, instead of an entire group
• For us at least • [½ MIN READ] CtCloser was itching to shake up the overrun menu. Pizza was to be the … balm of preference, but Pizza Wheel ceased operations. What about J-Town Market and Eatery? You’d think it would be the perfect place for someone named J’Adam, but he has parental responsibilities and … More A New Overrun Location (#365: 2026’09’16’W)
• Just don’t stop • [½ MIN READ] A cavalcade of clever conversation from club quippers: On Digital Metrics Rob: It’s weird, my VO2-max is so much lower when I’m marathon training.Quip: Applying disappointment factor… On Ascending Shawmont Avenue Quietman Tom: Usually you’re ahead of me on Shawmont.Quip: I’m ramping back up to kick your butt.Quietman Tom: … More Running Quiply, Jr. (#229: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/12/26)
• Low on drama, high on potential • [1 MIN READ] The first fellowship meeting of the semester took place on 09’04’F. The meal was home-cooked chicken tikka masala that a volunteer provided. 12 students attended. We had thought there could be double that, especially for a first gathering, but it’s just as well: There … More A Routine Start to the Semester
• Then letting the Holy Spirit work • [1 MIN READ] The semester’s first Donuts and Discussion event (09’02’W) brought scores of students to accept our freebies and get to know the fellowship members as normal people, albeit ones who love Jesus. I hovered with one particular trio and learned a little about each member. … More The Gospel Means Acting II
• With a new trailtag • [>½ MIN READ] Gracier (FKA Grace) got a little more attention than usual. She’s more a fair-weather runner than hot, so we’ve been waiting for her as fall approaches. This was also her first GGR after a serious head bonking. She and I did a 12-13 min/mi pace to … More Featuring Gracier (#364: 2026’09’09’W)
• If not Ted, then who? • [1½ MIN READ] A big challenge for me in recent years of long running is how cooperative my GI is going to be before the rest of the body has to get going, too. Last Saturday, there was the additional complication that I never turned on my alarm to wake … More The Attendance Taker (#227: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/29/26)
• Ferrlz • [½ MIN READ] As we did the Sunset 5K route in reverse last week, an unfamiliar solo runner approached us going the opposite direction, Jason pointed her out to me: “A runner to invite!” On cue, I gestured for her to change directions. With a shrug of her shoulders, she did. I … More Growler Recruitment (#362: 2026’08’26’W)
• Connecting, circumstances permitting • [½ MIN READ] Stroller and I were on our way down Forbidden Drive when he yelled out to the young runner approaching from the other direction, “Hi, James!” “Hey!” James yelled back. “That’s my bathroom buddy,” he explained to me, “but he doesn’t know I call him that.” They had met on … More Bathroom Buddy (#226: ZY Weekly Newsletter 8/22/26)
• 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)
• Not everyone can do it • [1 MIN READ] Nico can be forgiven for doing doggy things. He breaks stride just long enough to urinate. Publicly. He weaves across the running path like a drunk. He growls at strangers. And the stick fetish. When he actually looks at the camera for the group photos? Cool. … More Meet Expectations (#360: 2026’08’12’W)
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