Tag: Individual

Relating to one person (or dog) or multiple single people, instead of an entire group

Running Half-lit During the Year-end Holidays (#146: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/16/23)

December 20, 2023

• Alcohol-free • [¼ MIN READ] (From a December neighborhood run.) C: Time to turn on my headlamp.B: Okay, you’re red. Now you’re green. You fit right into the season.C: Looking like a traffic light. Great for cars.B: Now you’re blue.C: Cool. Like the kind of guy I am.B: Now you’re off.C: Not cool. Like … More Running Half-lit During the Year-end Holidays (#146: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/16/23)

Doing Difficult Things at GGR (#236: 2023’12’20’W)

December 19, 2023

• Hills are easier • [1½ MIN READ] I’ve been wanting to do more miles as marathon training season approaches (January for Jersey City, 04’14’U). Jason Variant and Jim Variant (both o’Variations o’J&J) decided to join me for another circuit on the Jenkintown S5K route.   L-R: Jim Variant and Jason Variant [both o’Variations o’J&J], … More Doing Difficult Things at GGR (#236: 2023’12’20’W)

So Very, Very, Very Fond (#145: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/9/23)

December 14, 2023

• Because there’s so much to be fond of • [1½ MIN READ] What with family visits and other interference, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve run with SRC (11’04’S, to be exact). Last week was only slightly different. Three of us from Jenkintown Running Company’s Growlers Group Run (Wednesdays) have picked our spring … More So Very, Very, Very Fond (#145: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/9/23)

WWW at Human Robot, Not Again? (#235: 2023’12’13’W)

December 13, 2023

• To be determined • [1 MIN READ] While WWW has been at Human Robot for reasons elucidated elsewhen, there has been one other destination since the inception of the tradition. HR has many degrees of appeal, but Pizza Wheel doesn’t have the more-than-occasional loud band. It does have a Wednesday-night $10 cheesesteak special and … More WWW at Human Robot, Not Again? (#235: 2023’12’13’W)

A Home-grown Growlers Running Event (#233: 2023’11’29’W)

November 28, 2023

• Fourth year and counting • [1½ MIN READ] In fall 2019, the Original Running Company (of which Jenkintown Running Company is but one store) opened its 3rd store in Ridley Park Township, Delaware County, PA. A look at a map of the Greater Philadelphia area made it clear that the distance from the Jenkintown … More A Home-grown Growlers Running Event (#233: 2023’11’29’W)

One Mighty Growler (#232: 2023’11’22’W)

November 21, 2023

• How one particular runner distinguished herself • [1½ MIN READ] One GGR revealed a lot about one Growler and a little about information seeking. It seems Grace, who was supposed to be out for recovery from a medical procedure (less serious itself than what happened next), had trouble during that procedure. It seems that … More One Mighty Growler (#232: 2023’11’22’W)

An Intruder in Our Midst (#230: 2023’11’08’W)

November 15, 2023

• Is there such thing as a welcome one? • [1½ MIN READ] The Growler’s Group Run Facebook group is open, so anyone with an FB profile can join. While I have the administrative rights to nix someone, I’ve never done it. Well with the membership of one particular person, we started getting solicitations to … More An Intruder in Our Midst (#230: 2023’11’08’W)

So Much to Say (#141: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/4/23)

November 10, 2023

• I’ll start with this • [1½ MIN READ] All of a sudden, there’s so much to write about in this little feature of the ZY Memorial Newsletter. This past week alone, there was the New York Marathon, Adidas’ new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1, and Jenny Hoffman’s still-unofficial record-smashing San-Fran-to-NYC run. On the SRC … More So Much to Say (#141: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/4/23)