Shawmont Running Club

For 1/13/24

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RUMINATIONS

Trailtagging – by CtCloser

A point of anxiety after ZY passed into the great running beyond was that trail tags—nicknames—would stop being a thing. After all, Zen Yanni was the big cheese who did all the bestowing of them. Folks on Facebook and at his memorial celebration consistently commented about getting their tags from him (“The Person” > “Remembrances”). More than one tag became such a part of a runner’s identity that other club members didn’t know real names.

But after the Zenster became less active on the running side of the club, other ways of getting a nickname developed. This was my experience after I emailed him to find out what it took to get one. When so many people seemed to have them, an insecure person like me felt like an outsider. Without being particularly well-known then, the response was that getting one could take time. Would you believe that starting to write for the (then named) Run Report and using your own nickname is a way both of getting known and of actually getting one? It worked for me.

In fact, other ways of acquiring tags have already been around for a while. Consider Just Gene who got his because that’s how he introduced himself (“No, not Eugene…”). And how about OKhen (By negotiation!)? And some really recent ones just appeared in the Newsletter (12/16/23, “News Items – Trail Tags”).

Space and reading time don’t permit me to detail other trail tags of the now and the yore, but as circumstances permit, I’ll work on populating the website with all the nauseating details (again, consider OKhen). Ultimately, tags are about adoption (“New Items – Nickname Morphing”; if no one uses them, they aren’t particularly effective. Well, SRC peeps, I charge you to start making them stick.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue

FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/13/24), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser. ¶2024’11’11’M: Minor text editing

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

  • 1/12-14: BERMUDA TRIANGLE CHALLENGE 1 MILE/10K/HALF MARATHON
    • Kenny Baby
  • 2/17: FROSTBITE 5 (AMBLER PA)
    • Quietman Tom
  • 4/14: Jersey City Marathon (NJ)
    • CtCloser

Just Gene

*   Middle Atlantic USATF Off Road Series
**  Middle Atlantic USATF Road Grand Prix Series
*** Grand Prix Series

  • 1/14: Naples Half Marathon (Naples, FL)
  • 1/20: *** USATF XC Nationals 8K (Richmond, VA)
  • 1/27: The Itch, 50K trail (Ocala, FL)
  • 2/03: Jed Smith Ultras, 30K (Sacramento, CA)
  • 2/17: Forgotten Florida, 100-mile trail (FL)
  • 2/24: *** Atlanta 5K (GA)
  • 2/25: Atlanta Marathon (GA)
  • 3/02: * Looney Leprechaun 10K (PA)
  • 3/09: Catalina Island Marathon (CA)
  • 3/15: Australian Alpine Ascent, 80K (Australia)
  • 3/17: Wangaratta Marathon (Australia)
  • 3/23: Kunanyi Mountain Run, 66K (Australia)
  • 4/07: ***? Sactown 10 miles (CA)
  • 4/15: Boston Marathon
  • 4/21: ** Revolutionary Run, 5mi (PA)
  • 4/28: *** James Joyce Ramble, 10K (MA)
  • 5/04: Miwok 100K trail (CA)
  • 5/11: Dawn To Dusk To Dawn, 24-hour track (PA)
  • 5/27: ** Yardley Mile (PA)
  • 6/01: Cayuga Trails, 50 miles (NY)
  • 6/30: * Run for the Ages, 10K trail (PA)
  • 7/06: Afton 50K (MN) tentative
  • 7/15-16: Pan American Masters Games; 5K, 2K steeplechases (Cleveland, OH)
  • 7/18-21: USATF Masters Outdoors Sacramento; 10K, 5K, 2K steeplechases (CA)
  • 7/27: Jack & Jill Marathon (WA) tentative
  • 8/12-25: WMA Outdoors, Gothenberg; 10K, 5K, 2K steeplechases (Sweden)
  • 8/22-27: Unreasonable EAST 200-mile trail (Australia)
  • 9/15: Sydney Marathon (Australia)
  • 9/21-27: East Coast Trail Supported Adventure Run (Newfoundland)
  • 10/06: Wineglass Marathon (NY)
  • 10/20: ** Delaware Distance Classic, 15K (DE)
  • 11/03: **   Run the Bridge 10K (NJ, PA)
  • 11/10: Las Vegas Marathon (NV)
  • 11/23: ** Rothman 8K
  • 11/24: ** Philadelphia Marathon
  • 12/01: * Delaware Open Cross Country 5K (DE)

 

CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!

  • 1/20: NAPLES HALF MARATHON (FL)
    • Gee Amy [Trail name in training for Amy G]: 1:30:09, PR!
    • Just Gene: 1:35:20

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

“When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.” –Florence Griffith Joyner

“Fitness is like the blade of a knife; you want to sharpen it without ruining the blade.” –Sally Jenkins

“For me, a seven–minute-mile pace is fast enough, and I often run slower. I’ll sometimes start a workout running an eight -minute or nine-minute pace. You can achieve a lot with slow workouts.” –Doug Kurtis

(Anyone interested in slow workouts can run with me!! –Teddio)

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

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Ice-encrusted Runners Take on Siberian Marathon at -52C

A group of hardy Russians took part on Friday in one of the world’s most extreme running contests – a marathon held at -52 degrees Celsius (-62 Fahrenheit)… Wrapped up from head to foot against the cold, a total of 38 people competed…

(Reuters.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)
  • All That Jaz [Trail name in training. FKA: Jaz, JC]: 10
  • Barbara: 10
  • Biker Bill: 3
  • CtCloser: 20 (SHAWMONT)
  • Gregle [Trail name in training]: 10
  • Happ: 10
  • Jamie: 10
  • JR: 12
  • Lady Jen: 10
  • Lakshmi: 10
  • Linda B: 10
  • My-Oh Maya: 12
  • Quietman Tom: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Sure Sheila: 14
  • Tall Dave: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Teddio: 12
  • Weezinator: 5

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

 

2024’11’11’M: Minor text editing of Rumination