Relating to specific, highly-defined areas (like running or training routes)
• Harder than it looks • [1½ MIN READ] Using a mirror is one way the camera-phone era has figured out how to feature the selfing photographer prominently, i.e., full length rather than just as a head. Social media is rife with examples. For amusement purposes, using a mirror also accommodates my recent thing about … More Mirror Selfie (#296: 2025’02’19’W)
• In reverse • [1½ MIN READ] Kudi [sic] to OKhen and Mango Marjo for their years of dedication to the Shawmont Running Club. I don’t even know how long it’s been, but as I write more runner Profiles, I’ll start publishing their (and others’) histories with the club and then we’ll both know. I … More Snowbirds (#181: ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/15/25)
• The influence of one in particular • [<1 MIN READ] There is compelling evidence to explain the Philadelphia Eagles’ win over the Kansas City Chiefs in this past Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX: Celine. The baby of Growlers A.A.Rondasay (AKA Aaron and Candace) was born 01’07’T. When the Birds won their division we leaned into … More The Growlers and the Eagles (#295: 2025’02’12’W)
• S5K and BSR as GGR faves • [1 MIN READ] Two annual events get a lot of attention from GGR crew members: Broad Street 10Mi Run (BSR) and Jenkintown Sunset 5K Run (S5K). The reason is because they both feature distances that accommodate the majority of us runners. Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run … More Spring Races (#294: 2025’02’05’W)
• It is a thing • [1½ MIN READ] Talking at an SRC run is particularly rewarding because there’s a wide variety of folks to run with doing many different paces. The eponymous run goes up Shawmont Avenue for a conventional 14 miles. That means there are opportunities to have conversations with a variety of … More Running and Talking Compatibility (#179: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/25/25)
• As applied locally • [1½ MIN READ] A few years ago, I started using weekly photos as a way to record attendance. To help keep the, uh, exercise from getting stale, we started shaking up the process. Adopting certain poses was one early strategy. Adopting a one-and-done shooting rule was another strategy (The Attendance … More Cinematic Framing (#291: 2025’01’15’W)
• Looking back and looking forward • [<1 MIN READ] The last time New Year’s Day fell on a Growlers Group Run day was in 2020. Looking back to that year at noon, 3 of us ran. Last week at 3:30 p.m. we did better by 67% when 5 of us ran. The photo captured … More First Things (#290: 2025’01’08’W)
• Sentiments for a different holiday • [1 MIN READ] A podcast that I mentioned in 10’30’W Cerebrun about the phrase “run crew” has had me thinking since the time I heard it. The term “crew” describes running groups that have moved beyond just helping runners get better competitively to helping runners get warmer communally. … More Giving Thanks for the Crewness of the Club (#289: 2025’01’01’W)
• The credit card, literally, but the effort, literarily • [1 MIN READ] The old Mastercard credit-card commercials got it right about the value of achieving. This piece is my perspective, though, on how the value accrues by an increase in every degree of appeal. In this case there’s a bunch of them. PHYSICAL SOCIAL … More Mastercard and the Hallmark Run (#177: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/28/24)
• With the Blue Belles contingent • [<1 MIN READ] While KayCee and the Blue Belles run with us Wissahickon club members regularly enough, I don’t always get to catch up with them the way I’d like. That plus liking to shake up the running routine means that joining the, in their Blue Bell environs … More The Spirit of Social Embrace (#176: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/21/24)
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