Shawmont Running Club

For 12/9/23

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RUMINATIONS

So Very, Very, Very Fond

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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 marathons (2 of us, Jersey City Marathon, 04’14’Sunday, and one Big Sur, 04’28’U) and one wanted to get a head start on distance work. Sixteen miles was the determination. For Shawmont Running Club marathon runners, that’s a Shawmont-Manor, and that’s what I suggested. Unfortunately, Cait had morning dog care to do and couldn’t start until 9a. A.A.Ron and I were on board.

The 3 of us are remarkably compatible runners who are happy to make marathon training fit life’s demands about as much as we are to make life fit marathon training’s. Ample evidence is the fact that distance work has started before the actual marathon training itself. (Fine, let’s argue that 16-mile long-run distances is already marathon training.)

When we arrived at Northwestern Avenue, we said hello to Weezinator and Alan Bravo. I know I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was when we got going down Forbidden Drive and started meeting the usual 7:30a SRC runners ending out-and-back efforts. Well, hullo, Teddio, My-Oh Maya, All That Jaz, Quietman Tom, Hap, Ying1, BB Betsy, Tall Dave, and everyone else! The heart grows fond remembering the celebration of seeing everyone’s familiar faces.

The heart grows fond also remembering the celebration of introducing Cait (in particular) to Shawmont Avenue and both to Manor. Truth be told, both have run as Growlers with SRC before, but they didn’t do Shawmont then, a few years ago. And A.A.Ron has done Shawmont solo from Manayunk, but never the 2 together. Finally, the heart grows fond appreciating the understanding both SRC-ers and Growlers express when I just have to take off on the hill ascents and as we finish on Andorra Road.

I’ll be back at 7:30a with the SRC crew again with both Growlers in tow, at one point or another, so that everyone can appreciate all of the fondness there is to go around, in every direction.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe) #negativesplitorpositivesplat #dothedue

FINE PRINT
Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/9/23), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser.

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2023

  • 12/9 KIAWAH ISLAND MARATHON (SC)
    • Just Gene
  • 12/17 NAKED NICK 50K (PA)
    • Just Gene

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

  • 1/12-14 BERMUDA TRIANGLE CHALLENGE 1 MILE/10K/HALF MARATHON
    • Kenny Baby

 

CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!

Nothing to report this week.

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

“The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.” –Hal Higdon (If that’s the case, my muscles should be HUGE!! –Teddio)

“[Running] transported him, taking his mind to another place, very deep within. Like prayer.” –Richard Christian Matheson

“[Scientific testing] can’t determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes I say, ‘Today I can die.’” –Gelindo Bordin

Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)

 

RUMINATION #2

Motivation from Taylor Swift

“Whether you like Taylor’s music or not, the drive, discipline and work ethic displayed by the self-made billionaire can serve as motivation to all of us.”

“’Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud,’ Swift told Time. ‘Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs.’ The entire set list lasts more than three hours!”

“Next time you’re considering skipping a workout, think of a way to make it fun, like singing on the treadmill.”

(Rundown.RUNTHEDAY.com)

 

THEMZ WHO WUZ THERE (except those forgotten or missed 😊)

Stats – We track attendance and Shawmont. Loggin’ the miles is just for fun.

Records: Attendance – 39 on 6/23/18. Shawmonts – 26 on 2/10/18.

  • Trail Name: Distance (Route)
  • Alan Bravo: 6
  • All That Jaz [Trail name in training. FKA: Jaz, JC]: 9
  • Amy G: 10
  • BB Betsy: 12
  • Gregle [Trail name in training]: 8
  • Hap: 9
  • Jamie: 8
  • Kenny Baby: 12
  • My-Oh Maya [Trail name in training]: 10
  • Prof. Sandy: 10
  • Quietman Tom: 9
  • Tall Dave: 14
  • Teddio: 9
  • Weezinator: 5
  • Ying1: 12

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