Shawmont Running Club

For 2/24/24

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RUMINATIONS

Not Quite an SRC Effort – by CtCloser

Trying to change up long-run efforts and include other rudder bunnies (who have something against Shawmont Avenue at this stage of the spring-marathon training cycle) has taken me away from SRC more than usual, lately. Saturday, 2/10, I was actually in Pitt, when snow and conference converged like two rivers. What came out wasn’t a long run. But that’s not to say the spirit of SRC hasn’t usually been very much present.

My-Oh Maya is among the rudder bunnies (including 3 from my Wednesday night Growlers Group Run at Jenkintown Running Company). As Shawmonters who both had Presidents’ Day off and who also needed someone else to provide motivation, we decided to postpone the usual Saturday effort; however, we did not relocate it. Indeed, we converged on the usual start of Forbidden Drive at Northwestern Avenue about 54½ hours late (read 2p) and took off together with an on-the-trail 12 in mind, out and back.

Where the spirit of SRC was not was with the absence of regular stops. So, barely 2 aggressive hours later, we were back at the Northwestern Ave, huffing and puffing. It was a character-building, race-pace-near-worthy effort right in SRC’s familiar stomping ground. When everyone’s ready, it’ll also be more with SRC’s familiar stomping people.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue #BecauseItsShawmont

FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 2/24/24), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Rumination with added caption.

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

  • 3/9–3/17: NYC UNITED AIRLINE VIRTUAL HALF
    • All That Jaz, Prof. Sandy, Quietman Tom
  • 4/14: JERSEY CITY MARATHON (NJ)
    • CtCloser
  • 5/18: BROOKLYN HALF (NY)
    • Eric Fink
  • 10/27: MARINE CORP MARATHON (VA)
    • Eric Fink

Just Gene

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

  • 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!

  • 2/17: Forgotten Florida, 100-mile trail (FL)
    • Just Gene, DNF @ 62 miles with hypothermia. Yikes! You okay, now, Just Gene?! –CtCloser
  • 2/17: FROSTBITE 5 (AMBLER PA)
    • All That Jaz, 46:11
    • Quietman Tom, 37:27. 6th in AG

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

“I have a heard a million people say that running is the most boring activity that they can possibly imagine. Since I’m sure I’m not any smarter or wittier than these people, I can only guess that they never learned to listen as they run. If they did, they would be surely entertained and informed by their own thoughts.” –Amby Burfoot. Personally, I think I’m my own best company. Opinion.–CtCloser

“Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if don’t have to rush through it.” –Jim Fixx

“An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.” –Newton’s First Law of Motion

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

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Uphill Running: How to Eat Mountains for Breakfast

  1. Shorten your stride
  2. Lean into the hill
  3. Find your rhythm
  4. Loosen
  5. Choose your overtaking spot carefully
  6. …
  7. …
  8. …
  9. …
  10. Do your homework

(https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/how-to-run-uphill-faster)

 

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)
  • CtCloser: 20 (SHAWMONT +6. 4 on-the-trail, first.)
  • Dr. Ned: 5
  • Eric F: 14 (SHAWMONT) Congrats!! 1st Shawmont and solo!! –Teddio
  • JR: 12
  • MattManDo: 10
  • Ying1: 10

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