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Zen Yanni Bench Celebration
Sunday, May 19, 2024 Thanks to overwhelming generosity, a memorial bench for John Van Allen (Zen Yanni) was installed at the start of Forbidden Drive earlier this year. Now that the weather is nice, please join us on Sunday May 19 for the official “unveiling” of the bench and some bagels and coffee. Open…
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RUMINATIONS
By Kaycee
The Monday afternoon before Broad Street, I was doubled over with stomach pain & nausea. I’ll spare you the gory details, but I could do little more than lay on my bed trying to get comfortable and hoping I’d either die and the pain would end or that I might actually live to see another day.
By Tuesday afternoon, I had recovered and chalked the bug up to a 24-hour thing. Thursday night I was crippled again with pain and discomfort, to the point I asked my husband Rich to take me to the ER.
They found that a kidney stone was causing the pain, but they thought the worst of it was over. If you have never had a kidney stone, consider yourself very lucky. Rich told the ER doctor about my plans to run Broad Street and the doctor said I should be okay unless I had any pain.
Sunday dawned bright and early and I was pain free, so I headed to the starting line with the other Blue Belles and AARC runners. As I started running, I knew that any chances of an amazing run were out of the question, as I still wasn’t feeling 100% back to normal. I enjoyed the run as best I could with the usual self-motivating pep talks that most runners give when they feel like giving up.
In 2014, before I ran my first Love Run, my pre-race jitters were driving me and my family crazy. My then 15-year-old son wrote “It doesn’t matter” on a sticky note and stuck it on my desk. I still have it and that became my mantra this year on Broad Street… In the end, it really doesn’t matter. I ran the race and was happy with my time. I was even happier that the stone hadn’t slain me!
–Kaycee
WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024
Through Next Month…
- 5/5: BROAD STREET
- AGee
- Alan Bravo
- Half Caff
- Happ
- Kaycee
- Mango Marjo
- Mrs. Happ
- OKhen
- Prof. Sandy
- Quietman Tom
- SGee
- Too Hot Tom
- 5/18: BROOKLYN HALF (NY)
- Eric Fink
- 5/19: UPPER DUBLIN DUATHLON
- Half Caff
- 5/26: CARRERA ABRAHAM ROSA 10K (Candelaria PR)
- Mango Marjo
- OKhen
- 6/1: SCOTT COFFEE MOORESTOWN 8K (NJ)
- Too Hot Tom
- 6/12: TWINING VALLEY 5K (Dresher PA)
- Haff Calf
And Just Gene…
* Middle Atlantic USATF Off Road Series
** Middle Atlantic USATF Road Grand Prix Series
- 5/04: Miwok 100K Trail (Stinson Beach CA)
- 5/11: Dawn To Dusk To Dawn, 24-hour Track (Sharon Hill PA)
- 5/27: ** Yardley Mile (PA)
- 6/01: Cayuga Trails, 50 Miler (Ithaca NY)
- 6/30: * Run for the Ages, 10K Trail (Reading PA)
CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!
NOTHING TO REPORT THIS WEEK…
SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM
RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH
“Music is my life, but running allows me to appreciate the music of the outdoors.” –Gail Williams, horn player
“It used to be that I’d eat to run-and the more I ran, the more I needed to eat. But now I run to eat. I love to eat.” –Tom Fleming “I don’t drink. I don’t kiss girls. These things do an athlete in.” –Suleiman Nyambui (Not so sure about this one! –Teddio)
Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
- I’ve stopped eating (fattening) potato, pasta, & starchy carbs with dinner. I eat a pile of veggies, instead.
- I enjoy recovering from my workouts with a 40-gram-protein shake.
- I don’t drink orange juice anymore. Too much sugar.
- I’ve stopped salting my food.
- I use electrolyte tablets after long workouts.
- I crave sugar. I’m trying to not eat it…
- I try to not snack in the afternoon…
- I avoid peanut butter. Too fattening
- I love xxx but I’ve stopped eating it because I end up eating too much of it…
(https://rundown.runtheday.com/p/the-nuances-of-runner-nutrition-one-size-does-not-fit-all)
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: 2
- Barbara: 6
- Dr. Ned: 2
- Gregle [Trail name in training]: 8
- JR: 16 (SHAWMONT + 2)
- Lakshmi: 6
- Sure Sheila : 6
- Tall Dave: 17 (SHAWMONT + 3)
- Teddio: 8
- Ying1: 12
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