Relating to weather and its origins
• Moving on • [<1 MIN READ] I did my long run this past weekend on Sunday because Saturday was soggy. As of this writing, I don’t know who showed up, but Teddio and I waxed skeptical via text beforehand. Why not? It’s happened a lot lately. Teddio gets himself (or his alter ego) going … More A Soggy Saturday in the Rearview (#156: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/23/24)
• For the sake of the photographic record • [<1 MIN READ] ”Hoist with his own petard.” One of those old, rarely-used-and-even-less-well-known figures of speech that describes a late-2nd-millennium soldier getting hoisted when his incendiary device ignites prematurely. It also described last week’s attendance picture that was prompted when the springy pre-spring day got me … More The Story Behind the Shot (#249: 2024’03’20’W)
• 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)
• 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)
• Fail • [<1 MIN READ] WWW on 12’20’W revealed that Jason and I have respective family members in Columbia MD. We decided to meet and run while we were both down there for the holidays. When it came time to execute, it may have been the sacrifice of quality time with family that made … More GGR’s Traveling Team (#238: 2024’01’03’W)
• It’s bound to happen sometimes • [1 MIN READ] A few intrepids appeared below the Northwestern Ave horse stables for the past 10’07’S SRC run, despite the rainy forecast. In actuality, there was no rain and the few that convened couldn’t resist remarking: “It was supposed to rain, right? Nothing’s happening now at least.” … More So We Agree? (#138: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/7/23)
• Permission granted to waffle • [1 MIN READ] The forecast for last Saturday and Sunday was absolutely dismal at 30-70% chance of rain for a solid 48 hours and sub-50° temps. As far as degrees of appeal for conducting a Shawmont long run in certain heat-sapping sogginess, it virtually zeroed them all out. I … More Plenty of ARGHuing (#65: 5/29/21 RUN REPORT)
• Oh you mean those degrees? • [½ MIN READ] Shawmont Running Club offers several inviting pluses every week: a challenging typical distance (14 miles), a mid-run threshold effort (Shawmont Avenue), and other like-minded crazy runners. ‘Degrees of appeal’ I call those pluses. The more degrees of appeal an effort has, the more inviting that … More Advanced Degrees (#59: Published in 4/17/21 RUN REPORT)
• Smoked • [1 MIN READ] The Sunset 5K race (06’T) took place under lovely conditions, given the Growlers turn out and the abundance of other rudder bunnies from Jenkintown, Elkins Park Beer Runners, and even SRC. As we congregated near the finish line, GGR Jimmy pointed out the sky that had become exceedingly hazy; … More Canadian Wildfire Alert (#210: 2023’06’14’W)
• Just because you can • [½ MIN READ] One: “This kind of weather makes me look forward to a hot shower. Or a hot coffee.” Two: “What about a hot coffee in the shower?” One: “That would be ridiculous.” Three: “I’ve done that. With beer. Wash a little, take a sip of beer.” Two: … More Can on the Can (#119: 2/4/23 RUN REPORT)
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