Relating to specific, highly-defined areas (like running or training routes)
• 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)
• Not that it’s enough to stop this little feature • [1 MIN READ] For as short a piece as a Cerebrun is, not having much of a point will seem especially noticeable. What comes to mind is a lot of a little. The ridiculous attendance picture pose brings to mind the willingness of a … More Thoughtless (#243: 2024’02’07’W)
• Habit forming • [1 MIN READ] I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t always paid a lot of attention to the Jenkintown Sunset 5K race. This year, 2024, is its 32nd year and I’ve been a Jenkintown resident for 27 of those years. I don’t even know how many of those years that banner … More The Growlers Doing the S5K Race (#242: 2024’01’31’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)
• Those places can sometimes be pretty big • [1 MIN READ] Last week, I took the GGR traveling team to Lloyd Hall to join Black Men Run. It’s been well over 3 years since I’ve been with that crew; still I recognized 2 of the 5 runners who also recognized me. The last (and … More Communities in Their Own Places (#239: 2024’01’10’W)
• 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)
• This time? • [½ MIN READ] My-Oh Maya and I[ya] were running together when she commented about wanting for the club to bring people back. For a lot of businesses and industry sectors, the pandemic made people rethink their work who never returned. Shawmont Running Club had its version of that when members started … More Your Wish is My Command (#147: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/23/23)
• Finding degrees of appeal to ease the process along • [1 MIN READ] Part of the human social experiment is learning to live in the larger world. Because I grew up in a relatively homogeneous community, the moment I started college, I had to start learning more about the world outside of that homogeneity. … More Experiencing Other Communities to Learn About Them (#237: 2023’12’27’W)
• 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)
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