RUMINATIONS
Hiatuses – by CtCloser
As a past religious reader of the daily newspaper comics, I was shocked the first time I saw a cartoonist take a creative break. The comic was Doonesbury and the cartoonist was Garry Trudeau. I was in college at the time and it never occurred to me that a cartoonist could do that.
A comic strip is the equivalent of a performance streak for a runner. Other performers, runner or cartoonist, might be able to bank conditioning for short breaks with otherwise minimal disruption, but Trudeau reached a limit and had to take an extended break.
After months of reruns and public uncertainty, Doonesbury finally continued with Trudeau adequately refreshed. In recent years he’s limited cartooning to Sunday strips; again, not so unlike athletes like runners focusing on special competitions. On the other hand, Don Watterson pulled out completely when he stopped drawing his immensely popular Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. A kind of athlete retiring in their prime.
-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 6/29/24), 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!
EXCITING NEWS!!!!
We have an unofficial WORLD CHAMPION and an unofficial NATIONAL CHAMPION (and, yes, they are the same person!!!)
- 6/30: USATF MASTER’S CHAMPIONSHIP (Union NJ)
- Prof. Sandy: Mile, 10:03. Unofficial World Record in her AG!!
- Prof. Sandy: 800M, 4:40. Unofficial National Record in her AG!!
SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM
RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” –Paul “Bear” Bryant
“Some people can’t live without booze, it looks like I can’t live without running.” –Lasse Viren
“The athlete is another painter, another composer, another poet where the famous paintings, the sublime music, or the verses are replaced by world records. Athletics and running become a part of the story and tradition of the whole country in the future.” –Gunder Hagg
Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB – by Teddio
Finding Dates with Running Clubs…
9 Health-Boosting Cruciferous Vegetables…
A 12-Year Old Expects to Star in the 2028 Olympics…
10 Hard Hikes…
(https://rundown.runtheday.com/p/run-news-roundup-for-march-14-2024)
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
- BB Betsy: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Biker Bill: 3
- Dutch (AKA Lisa Marie, Presley): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Half Caff: 10
- Hap: 11
- Jaycee (AKA JC): 6
- Jimmy Dee: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- John the Elder: 12
- Kaycee (AKA KC): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Kelee: 10
- MattManDo: 8
- My-Oh Maya: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Quietman Tom: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Tall Dave: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Teddio: 12
- Terminator Tony: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Waterbottle Dave & Family: Seen
- Ying1: 11
Email Newsletter Editor: Teddio
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