Relating to specific, highly-defined areas (like running or training routes)
• Live and virtually • [2 MIN READ] There’s nothing like a crowd to make a competitive race seem easier and more enjoyable. I first cut my teeth on small marathons, where a runner can go a mile and see only other runners (I still rather prefer races like that.); so I was blown away … More Being a Philadelphia Marathon Race Supporter (#203: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/15/25)
• As easy as a download and runner look up • [1½ MIN READ] I like this quote attributed to Jimmy Fallon: “How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you” (Zen Yanni Newsletter 12/7/24 [ShawmontRunningClub.com]). I like it because of how true it is; certainly if I’m any indication. … More Short Circuiting the Marathon Brag (#331: 2025’11’19’W)
• About a bible study on giving up • [2 MIN READ] In our club meeting series on emotions in the bible this semester, Nancy led us in a consideration of fatigue. Nancy taught high school biology for a bunch of years and she’s no slouch on the role of biology in the human condition. … More That Which Fatigues
• Second of 2 club vendor events so far • [1½ MIN READ] Saucony at Growlers Group Run was the motivation for starting promotion of the club to 3 different neighborhood groups. Although I’ve been a member of Jenkintown’s Facebook group for a few years, I’ve never used it to introduce the run club and … More Promoting Saucony via GGR (#330: 2025’11’12’W)
• For better or for worse • [2 MIN READ] “Bye, Tyler.” When Tyler dislocated his knee, GroupMe was the way we shared the developing news. When the ambulance pulled out of campus, the picture and the caption were the way Ella let club followers know his status. GroupMe is also the way Tyler shared … More GroupMe and ACF
• Now that I know, first 2 of ? times • [2 MIN READ] The conviction from those in the know is that club principal Zen Yanni is the nutter runner who conceived the 4 Sisters route. As I’ve asked around from those in the knew, several club members are among the nutter runners who’ve … More RevisitED the 4 Sisters of Manayunk (#202: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/8/25)
• With what velocity and zest • [1½ MIN READ] Oh, the stories that come from runners and the ones they live. I met Ab as a traveling-team member to Black Men Run last week. The typical runs there from Lloyd Hall are 5 miles, pacing around 10 minutes/mile. There are plenty of opportunities to … More Oh, The Places You’ll Go* (#329: 2025’11’05’W)
• I’m just learning about this route now? • [2½ MIN READ] A club as long-lived as SRC (circa 1985) is bound to have bits of history that newer runners like me (circa 2012) will never know or will learn only incidentally. One historical fact of the latter type is the existence of the Four … More Revisiting the 4 Sisters of Manayunk (#201: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/25/25)
• Stickin’ like spaghetti • [1½ MIN READ] Does nicknames for some but not the rest seem exclusive? I think so. Some of the nicknames among the Growlers have developed for practical reasons. These-here Cerebruns have featured The Daves and The Kates and the distinctions they’ve necessitated, including the most recent. The Ruminations of SRC … More A New Nickname or Four (#328: 2025’10’29’W)
• What you can discover when socializing • [1½ MIN READ] Shoshana is the youngest sister of GGR regular J’Adam (“J” is for Jenkintown). I had learned that both of his 2 younger sisters ran, but neither had ever joined us before. After visiting a few times and hanging out for the usual afterruns, I … More Degrees of Connection (#327: 2025’10’22’W)
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