Shawmont Running Club

For 6/22/24

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RUMINATIONS

A Productive Month – by CtCloser

In an unparalleled effort for this Shawmonter, I ran 2 marathons in 2 weeks this past April. Social runner that I’ve become, I got sucked and suckered in by multiple competitors who wanted company both while training and racing. I didn’t PR or Boston qualify, but I was plenty happy to execute my racing strategy very nearly as perfectly as planned. I also finished the 2nd marathon plenty admirably for a 2nd effort so close to the first. The best I’d done before that was 2 marathons in 2 months. That was in 2014.

Sucked and suckered in again, I did the Dirty German 25K just 13 days after that 2nd marathon. DG would be the first trail race I had ever run. Sure there were a couple slips, but nothing broke and I was still marathon conditioned. The whole effort was rather refreshing. Completing DG gave me a PR 3 long-distance races within 4 weeks.

When I crossed the finish line prancing happily with Wednesday night GGR friend in tandem, I heard someone yell out a number. ‘Ooh,’ I thought, ‘That place out of a few hundred runners is pretty good!’ Then someone else put a prize box in my hands and said, “Congratulations, you’re first in your age group!” My best finish ever in any race! (And that by 18 minutes.) Not only did rudder bunny and I have a blast in our respective first trail races, but I got a lovely Black-Forest-style thermometer station to boot.
-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 6/22/24), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser.

 

WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

Through Next Month…

  • Nothing to report

And Just Gene…

* Middle Atlantic USATF Off Road Series

  • 6/30: * Run for the Ages, 10K Trail (Reading PA)
  • 7/6: Afton 50K (MN) tentative
  • 7/15-16: Pan American Masters Games (Cleveland OH) 5K, 2K, Steeplechase
  • 7/18-21: USATF Masters Outdoors (Sacramento CA) 10K, 5K, 2K, Steeplechase
  • 7/27: Conquer the Canyon Marathon (Wellsboro, PA)
  • 7/28: Run for the Elk Marathon (Emporium, PA)

 

CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!

  • Nothing to report

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.” –Baron De Coubertin

“People claim that 4th is the worst place to finish in the Olympic or Olympic Trials. Maybe, but I finished 5th in one Olympic Trials, and I much rather would have finished 4th.” –Hal Higdon

“Running is kind of like coffee. The first time you drink it you might not like it. It’s bitter in your mouth but you kind of like the way it makes you feel. However, after a few times, it starts to taste better and then all of the sudden you’re hooked and it’s the new best part of waking up.” –Amy Hasting

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

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB – by Teddio

Motivation from Darlene’s Journey

When in doubt, run…
Trust your instincts…
The future can be better, but it requires work…

(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: 8 (SHAWMONT)
  • All That Jaz [Trail name in training. FKA: Jaz, JC]: 10
  • Dr. Ned: 8
  • Half Caff: 12
  • Happ: 10
  • Jamie: 10
  • Jimmy Dee: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Kelee: 8
  • Quietman Tom: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Teddio: 10
  • Too Hot Tom: 8
  • Weezinator: 2
  • Ying1: 10

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