Relating to interactions and practices on a broad scale
• 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)
• Perhaps not as difficult as you think • [1½ MIN READ] Sure, it’s cold for us, but with average global warming that means somewhere else is frying. Okay, fine, you say. I’ll take some of that right now, you say. Especially with so many days of Really cold, you say: I’m staying inside. I’m … More Cold-weather Running (#292: 2025’01’22’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)
• 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)
• How irresistable is it? • [1 MIN READ] SteVath did his first run with the crew just 3 weeks before this writing. He’d been doing a lot of cycling before that. All of a sudden he had a 3-week streak going. As he headed out with his ebike last week (probably Not what he’s … More Sucked into the Vortex (#286: 2024’12’11’W)
• PR’s all around • [<1½ MIN READ] Consider this a motivational piece for any new runners out there. The last few months brought 5 particular GGR runners (4 brand-new and one pseudo-regular[:p]), all with marathon aspirations: AndEss, CJ3, Li, Sylvia, and Yuki. Except for CJ3—doing his second, all were doing this mammoth distance for … More Fall is Marathon Season (#283: 2024’11’20’W)
• And talking about them • [2 MIN READ] As circumstances would have it, the make up of GGR has been shifting in the last months. I can claim no direct influence on that shift. I’m just an observer and commentator. In this case, I’m talking about a shift in the direction of Asian-ness that … More Thinking About Group Ethnicity and Racial Make Up (#277: 2024’10’09’W)
• Awkward revelation • [2 MIN READ] My baggy shorts gave up the ghost recently by tearing at the lower seam and I haven’t been able to let them go. Putting them on, the verbal defense that came to mind was this: “It’s okay, there’s nothing to see anyway. I’ve been neutered.’ ASIDE: To be … More Calvin Quip: “…I’ve been neutered.”
• Significance, at least • [1 MIN READ] Last week was a trip-around-the-sun celebration for a particular Growlers Group Run club member. Personally, I’m uncomfortable with group celebrations of birthdays because it places particular value on those who don’t mind a little attention. I’m especially uncomfortable when the birthday doesn’t fall exactly on the day … More In the Eyes of the Beholders (#267: 2024’07’31’W)
• Not likely to do it again • [1½ MIN READ] In an unparalleled effort for this Shawmonter, I ran 2 marathons in 2 weeks this past April. Social runner that I’ve become, I got sucked and suckered in by multiple competitors who wanted company both while training and racing. I didn’t PR or Boston … More A Productive Month (#161: ZY Weekly Newsletter 6/22/24)
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