Relating to interactions and practices on a broad scale
• Getting the details right • [1 MIN READ] Under other conditions, the comments would have been: “Drinking club with a running problem? It’s raining: Let’s go. Then, let’s pour.” Under last week’s conditions, though, it was raining mighty hard. One runner messaged me with: ‘Bail’. The others didn’t message at all but just…bailed. Four … More It’s Pouring: Let’s Go. Then, Let’s Run. (#318: 2025’08’20’W)
• Communities in community • [2½ MIN READ] At Black Men Run Wednesdays Five years ago (virtually to the day), Train Dave and I joined Black Men Run Philadelphia as the inaugural Growlers travel team. We attended a 2nd time in 2020 then went on hiatus while we waited for the Growlers Group Run to … More Good Times with BMR for Wednesdays and Juneteenth (#316: 2025’08’06’W)
Calvin’s Alaska Mission Effort 2025 June 25-July 9 [4 MIN READ] With the summer travel season upon us, we Wangs have turned our mind and energies to one constant: traveling to Alaska. For most of you friends and family members, you know this is practically standard-operating procedure, given that we’ve gone so many years over … More Support Letter 2025
• Being with and being • [2 MIN READ] Throughout life, I’d managed to stay close to a few important people. People whom I knew and trusted and ones that knew and trusted me. But only a few. Then I started running. I joined a running group at the local running store. It was a … More The World Is Full of Nice People
• An Anchorage version • [2½ MIN READ] A community-service trip, like a mission project, might not conventionally feature a fixture like a foodfest, at least not one I was to design. One like that would prioritize conversation. This is a truth that people who spend time with me might soon discover; however, my annual … More Consumption and Conversation
• Friendly and welcoming are more inviting • [2 MIN READ] Standing in the store as we waited for the run to start, Tania struck up a conversation with a customer paying for her JRC purchase. She must have asked about the ‘huddled mass waiting to run free’ (thanks to Emma Lazarus) that was the … More Bossy and Irritable (#313: 2025’06’18’W)
• One old, one new • [1½ MIN READ] A.A.Ron and I registered with weekly census-taker Teddio to do Shawmont Avenue runs last week. Jamie and My-Oh Maya registered for 10’s. And that was the plan until the 4 of us reached the 5-mile mark after the stone bridge. It was there that MM caved … More Run Report: 5/31/25 – Threats (#189: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/31/25)
• Governance in club matters • [1½ MIN READ] A previous Rumination raised the issue of authority in determining the definition of a competitive marathon. I made light of it by naming myself the arbiter of the definition. I can get away with it because I’m the one using the term to quantify how many … More Long Live the Monarchy (#186: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/29/25)
• Training isn’t the only challenge • [1½ MIN READ] Here we are in another spring marathon season. This time it’s the Delaware (Running Festival) Marathon on Sunday, 4/6, just 2 weeks away. Expectations are…tempered. Those who pay attention to this-here thought piece, Ruminations, know that I don’t get motivated the way I did when … More The Marathon Selection Process (#184: ZY Weekly Newsletter 3/15/25)
• 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)
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