Shawmont Running Club

For 12/16/23

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RUMINATIONS

Running Half-lit During the Year-end Holidays
(From a December neighborhood run.)

C: Time to turn on my headlamp.
B: Okay, you’re red. Now you’re green. You fit right into the season.
C: Looking like a traffic light. Great for cars.
B: Now you’re blue.
C: Cool. Like the kind of guy I am.
B: Now you’re off.
C: Not cool. Like a dead battery.
-BB Betsy, as told to CtCloser (Calvinthe)

FINE PRINT
Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/16/23), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser.

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

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

 

CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!

  • 12/9 KIAWAH ISLAND MARATHON (SC)
    • Just Gene, 3:25:51. AG 1st
  • 12/17 NAKED NICK 50K (PA)
    • Just Gene, 6:55. AG 1st

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

NEWS ITEMS

Editor’s Note

Teddio’s getting email bounce backs for the email version of the ZY Weekly Newsletter. That means those of you who want it ain’t getting it! They are coming out weekly (usually Thursday)! Send updated eddresses: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

Restoration of Historic Shawmont Station in Roxborough Nearing Completion

(Thanks to Prof. Sandy for the heads up!)

Here’s a really nice piece about our fave SRC landmark by journalist Kyle Bagenstose with a thorough background and status report (Hidden City, 29 Aug. 2023). Note before and after pix!

 

What to Eat After Your Run?? Exactly What to Eat for Muscle Recovery, According to a Dietitian

  • “The Importance of Protein for Muscle Recovery”
  • “How Carbs Promote Muscle Recovery”
  • “Vitamins and Minerals to Add Post-Workout”
  • “Putting It All Together: Meals and Snacks for Muscle Recovery”
  • “Timing Meals and Snacks for Optimal Recovery” (Shape, 5 Sept. 2023)

 

Trail Tags

New nicknames! Embracing the language of ZY (in quotes):

By unanimous consent of the voting members represented; “Henceforth, hitherto, and expo facto befoondo”:

  • The runner FKA Maya shall be known as: My-Oh Maya; and
  • The runner FKA Kelly P shall be known as: Kellpell.

“As it is written, so it shall be.”

(FKA=formerly known as)

 

RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

“Training is like putting money in the bank. You deposit money, and then you can take it out.” –Fred Lebow

“It’s like a car starting. There’s an immense amount of energy you need to start the car, but once it’s rolling, it’s easy.” –John Landy

“The human body can do so much. Then the heart and spirit must take over.” –Sohn Kee-Chung

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

 

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.

 

Portrait of runners at Forbidden Drive horse-stables trail head
L-R, Back: BB Betsy, Ying1, My-Oh Maya (See “Trail Tags”), Kellpell (See “Trail Tags”), Teddio, Dr. Ned, Jamie, All That Jaz (Trail name in training. FKA: Jaz, JC), Half Caff. L-R, Front: CtCloser

 

  • Trail Name: Distance (Route)
  • All That Jaz [Trail name in training. FKA: Jaz, JC]: 10
  • BB Betsy: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Biker Bill: 2
  • CtCloser: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Dr. Ned: 6
  • Half Caff: 10
  • Jamie: 8
  • Kellpell [See “Trail Tags”]: 10
  • My-Oh Maya [See “Trail Tags”]: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Quietman Tom: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Teddio: 10
  • Ying1: 14 (SHAWMONT)

Email Newsletter Editor: Teddio
Facebook and Website Newsletter Editor: CtCloser