Relating to interactions and practices on a broad scale
• Joint effort: Black Men Run • [½ MIN READ] What a great bunch of guys Black Men Run were! It was amazing to get to know them and learn some of their life and running stories. One guy works for Abington Township and another is at Cheltenham High School with JRC (Coach) Drew. 2 … More Thoughts [#65]: Run Report – BMR (8/5/2020, Weds)
• Getting to know about folks unlike yourself • [½ MIN READ] Sometimes plans have a way of just falling together. It helps if you involve the right people. Last week I already said I’d been thinking about joining Black Men Run Philadelphia some time. The problem is that they run right when the Growlers … More Thoughts [#63]: Moving Toward Black Men Run (7/22/2020, Weds)
• Years seem like minutes • [1 MIN READ] A recent run became the opportunity for some roasting of your Ruminations contributor. It wasn’t the subject matter or the writing style that drew derision but rather a much more petty element of the writing: reading times. The practice began as a courtesy to the audience, … More The Passage of a Little Time (#148: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/30/23)
• This time? • [½ MIN READ] My-Oh Maya and I[ya] were running together when she commented about wanting for the club to bring people back. For a lot of businesses and industry sectors, the pandemic made people rethink their work who never returned. Shawmont Running Club had its version of that when members started … More Your Wish is My Command (#147: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/23/23)
• Finding degrees of appeal to ease the process along • [1 MIN READ] Part of the human social experiment is learning to live in the larger world. Because I grew up in a relatively homogeneous community, the moment I started college, I had to start learning more about the world outside of that homogeneity. … More Experiencing Other Communities to Learn About Them (#237: 2023’12’27’W)
• Hills are easier • [1½ MIN READ] I’ve been wanting to do more miles as marathon training season approaches (January for Jersey City, 04’14’U). Jason Variant and Jim Variant (both o’Variations o’J&J) decided to join me for another circuit on the Jenkintown S5K route. L-R: Jim Variant and Jason Variant [both o’Variations o’J&J], … More Doing Difficult Things at GGR (#236: 2023’12’20’W)
• Because there’s so much to be fond of • [1½ MIN READ] What with family visits and other interference, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve run with SRC (11’04’S, to be exact). Last week was only slightly different. Three of us from Jenkintown Running Company’s Growlers Group Run (Wednesdays) have picked our spring … More So Very, Very, Very Fond (#145: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/9/23)
• Not youse. Themz. • [1½ MIN READ] Go on as one might about that which is not sticks and stones, names really can hurt. They might not cause physical injuries, but the emotional scarring could really be lasting. I haven’t done the research on post-traumatic stress disorder as it relates to name-calling, but I’m … More You Turtle* (#139: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/21/23)
• 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)
• 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)
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