Relating to one person (or dog) or multiple single people, instead of an entire group
• 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)
• The usual taper effort • [<1 MIN READ] This marathon-training cycle has been unusual for me (04’14’U: Jersey City Marathon). The biggest part of “unusual” is that I’ve had 20-mile-range runs in my back pocket for 4 months beginning November: 2 18-22’s per each. As far as distance conditioning is concerned—even with a standard … More The End of an Unusual Training Cycle (#157: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/30/24)
• Moving on • [<1 MIN READ] I did my long run this past weekend on Sunday because Saturday was soggy. As of this writing, I don’t know who showed up, but Teddio and I waxed skeptical via text beforehand. Why not? It’s happened a lot lately. Teddio gets himself (or his alter ego) going … More A Soggy Saturday in the Rearview (#156: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/23/24)
• 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)
• For the sake of the photographic record • [<1 MIN READ] ”Hoist with his own petard.” One of those old, rarely-used-and-even-less-well-known figures of speech that describes a late-2nd-millennium soldier getting hoisted when his incendiary device ignites prematurely. It also described last week’s attendance picture that was prompted when the springy pre-spring day got me … More The Story Behind the Shot (#249: 2024’03’20’W)
• Clarkson as applied to race training • [2 MIN READ] Speaking of race-training motivation as I was last week (CER#246), this whole Jersey City Marathon (04’14’U) came up because Growler-expat Cait has been wanting to qualify for Boston Marathon. Well that was motivation enough for me to join her. The other close-in-time marathons and … More Kelly or Be Killed (#247: 2024’03’06’W)
• But mighty close • [1 MIN READ] Trying to change up long-run efforts and include other rudder bunnies (who have something against Shawmont Avenue at this stage of the spring-marathon training cycle) has taken me away from SRC more than usual, lately. Saturday, 2/10, I was actually in Pitt, when snow and conference converged … More Not Quite an SRC Effort (#154: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/24/24)
• Audibly, if not socially • [<1 MIN READ] Hanging out after the weekly run, with a little alcohol in the veins, I spilled my guts about receiving a diagnosis of adult ADHD within the previous few days. It’s something I’d suspected because of anger issues (I know! I’m such an even-keeled guy! Not rly, … More GGR is Consistently about Community (#244: 2024’02’14’W)
• More about SRC nicknames • [1 MIN READ] SRC trail tags (nicknames) have come to be in a bunch of different ways. At least one came by negotiation, e.g., OKhen. Some came by self-selection, e.g., Cookie and Meatball. By far the most common way has been by translation of initials, e.g., Kaycee (AKA KC, … More Trailtagging II (#153: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/3/24)
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