Relating to exertion or the tangible
• 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)
• Does that make me strange? • [1 MIN READ] The default distance for Shawmont Running Club is the 14-mile loop going down Forbidden Drive, then west on Main Street and the Canal Path, and finally up Shawmont Avenue to return back to the start by any number of ways. Anyone can (and many do) … More Thankful for Shawmont 14-Mile Runs (#142: ZY Weekly Newsletter 11/18/23)
• 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)
• Figuring out what we’ve long known • [1½ MIN READ] Last Newsletter (9/23/23), Teddio shared an NYT article (The Rise of Run Clubs) about entire clubs that meet at various races; in that case, Berlin. By now Just Gene, Just Hilary, and Pat M have represented Shawmont Running Club in Berlin and we should … More Running Clubs in the News (#137: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/30/23)
• Someone who’s done it even more times? • [1½ MIN READ] Every running club embraces a full expanse of runners and abilities. We may not all consider ourselves that, but all of us are distance runners (Training for Broad Street Run [#196: 2023’03’08]). Some of us are long distance runners even for distance runners. … More Who Knows the S5K Route Better Than We Do? (#224: 2023’09’27’W)
• For prospective new members • [1 MIN READ] Join the weekly Wednesday Growlers Group Run (6:30p)! We have a presence on Facebook where you can read weekly run reminders: No FB subscription required. I also send this same reminder out via email. These days we’re pacing 9-12 min/mile (and aging 20-60) making sure to regroup every … More This is the GGR
• If it’s not one thing then it’s another • [1½ MIN READ] BB Betsy, Jimmy Dee, Quietman Tom, and I all had Too Hot Tom’s Trail Closure Notice Facebook post in mind as we worked on a Shawmont-Eva 15-miler. SEE MAP and COLLAPSE Shawmont Avenue with Eva Street extension in Roxborough, Philadelphia … More Detour Ahead (#136: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/16/23)
• But what about this feature? • [2 MIN READ] “Ruminations” is one feature of Shawmont Running Club’s Weekly Run Report. If your intersection with the Report comes from outside of Facebook (where you can read all of the features since its inception, long before I started contributing), then you wouldn’t know what the various … More A Different Opinion on Ruminating (#124: 3/18/23 RUN REPORT)
• Extreme? I know you are, but what about me? • [1¼ MIN READ] We have our Shawmont inspirations who have gotten attention over the years (Just Gene, Professor Sandy), but a Washington Post article places the majority of us in an inspirational echelon for many other people: Americans Over 50 Are Doing Extreme Sports … More An Article Written About So Many of Us (#121: 2/25/23 RUN REPORT)
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