Relating to one person (or dog) or multiple single people, instead of an entire group
• 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)
• Nothing but the facts? Hardly. • [1 MIN READ] Despite a snowstorm that cancelled schools the day before and sub-freezing weather the day of, 6 Growlers showed up last Wednesday to run the roads of Jenkintown doing the usual Sunset 5K route. I say “roads” literally, because those are what were consistently clear, what … More Run Report (#241: 2024’01’24’W)
• A physical legacy • [1 MIN READ] The lot of us SRC-ers showed up last Saturday to a new feature at the trail head: The Zen Yanni Memorial Bench! Photo credit: Anonymous. Photo courtesy of Calvin Wang.Not everything in this picture is important. It seems that Friends of Wissahickon messaged Kenny Baby … More ZY’s Memorial Bench (#152: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/27/24)
• Sloppy and sloggy • [1 MIN READ] Forbidden Drive was everything you’d expect after 2 snowstorms…and less. Five of us converged on the trailhead with varying degrees of punctuality and preparedness. The cold made the wait unpleasant for Happ and Teddio, but wait they did. We five intrepids made cautious headway on the snow, … More Run Report (#151: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/20/24)
• Nicknames in process • [1½ MIN READ] A point of anxiety after ZY passed into the great running beyond was that trail tags—nicknames—would stop being a thing. After all, Zen Yanni was the big cheese who did all the bestowing of them. Folks on Facebook and at his memorial celebration consistently commented about getting … More Trailtagging (#150: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/13/24)
• We see you • [1 MIN READ] You’ll have to check out Poses to appreciate some of the distinctive poses that defined various Growlers Group Run attendance pictures. One of the benefits of taking and managing them is that I get to notice runners’ posing habits and then call them out. So last week … More Posers: Jason Edition (#240: 2024’01’17’W)
• A grammar for the practice • [1½ MIN READ] I’m not a terribly canny social media person, even as an information specialist. I understand the role of hashtags, but I don’t use them well. For my purposes, the only ones I’ve bothered to use are the ones I’ve created: #negativesplitorpositivesplat and #dothedue. They’re in … More Hashtagging (#149: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/6/24)
• Joint effort: Black Men Run • [½ MIN READ] What a great bunch of guys Black Men Run were! It was amazing to get to know them and learn some of their life and running stories. One guy works for Abington Township and another is at Cheltenham High School with JRC (Coach) Drew. 2 … More Thoughts [#65]: Run Report – BMR (8/5/2020, Weds)
• Getting to know about folks unlike yourself • [½ MIN READ] Sometimes plans have a way of just falling together. It helps if you involve the right people. Last week I already said I’d been thinking about joining Black Men Run Philadelphia some time. The problem is that they run right when the Growlers … More Thoughts [#63]: Moving Toward Black Men Run (7/22/2020, Weds)
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