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Run Report: 7/19/25 – by CtCloser
Welcome to JH who joined for the first time courtesy of JulCee. Running from the 2.6-mile mark at Valley Green Inn down to the 5-mile mark below the stone bridge, we got to doing some chatting. He’d done his first marathon at Philadelphia this past fall and was lined up to do his second there again this coming fall (Correction note: below). He was happy to run with me and the 10-minute pacers as we went along for that conversation. When he shared his finishing time of sub-3:30, it seemed obvious that he was being polite by tooling along at our pace.
Those of us going on from the 5-mile mark skipped SRC’s historical stop at the driveway of the Philadelphia Canoe Club and continued to CVS, the handy new stop just a few tenths of a mile further. There we found the members of the week’s advance team, A.A.Ron and Rob Ray, specifically those pacing 9-minutes, finishing up their own pit stop. With a little convincing, JH joined them and the rest of us watched them disappear.
By the time we reached the bottom of Shawmont Avenue, it had started raining. The rain released the humidity lingering in the atmosphere that made the day feel oppressive despite the mid-70’s temperature. Dutch hadn’t felt much joy in her effort until then. We ascended the hill at various paces and versions of running and walking.
Read Dutch’s take on the joy of Shawmont Avenue: To Shawmont or Not to Shawmont (ShawmontRunningClub.com)
Congregating at Roxy we prepared to finish the run. Except for me, everyone was doing a Ridge Avenue 14 miler. I lamented the absence of Quietman Tom and Tall Dave who were my primary motivation for completing the last Manor 16 miler. The pleasant rain gave me the motivation to go for a Manor 16 solo.
Read my take on doing Shawmont Manor with QT and TD: 6/14 Run Report (ShawmontRunningClub.com)
KayCee’s picture on Strava provided ample evidence that all the soggy 9 and 10-minute-pace runners reconnected for rides home. The Strava record also provided the evidence that I’d done my share. And so we are all that much more conditioned for future distance efforts courtesy of Shawmont Running Club.
For your reading pleasure, this contributor has also retroactively published a Rumination for the 6/14 Newsletter that you can access at your leisure: 6/14 Run Report.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue
FINE PRINT ¶This website posting: Rumination with added caption and correction (JH’s fall race is the Philadelphia Marathon, not New York as indicated in the email version of the newsletter). ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Published: Ruminations by CtCloser. ¶2025’07’23’W: Published retroactively: Facebook Shawmont Running Club, Shawmont Running Club website
WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2025
Through Next Month…
- 7/30: THE POUR HOUSE SUMMER NIGHT 5K (Ambler, PA)
- Quietman Tom
CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!
Nuthin’ to report
SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM
RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH
“I trained 4 years to run only 9 seconds. There are people who do not see results in two months, give up and quit.” – Usain Bolt
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” –Haruki Murakami (Rerun from 1/25/25)
“Hills don’t go away. They wait.” – Unknown (Rerun from 1/25/25)
“Just stick with it. What seems hard now will one day be your warm-up.” –Unknown (Rerun from 1/25/25)
“I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I’ve never met a fake runner.” –Bart Yasso (Rerun from 1/25/25)
Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB – by Teddio
World’s Oldest Marathoner, Fauja Singh, Struck and Killed By Vehicle–at Age 114
Singh began running in 2000, at 89, following the death of his wife and a battle with depression…
In 2011, he made history by becoming the first 100-year-old, and oldest person ever, to complete a marathon, running the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 8:11:06…
He officially retired from the sport in 2013, at age 101…
THEMZ WHO WUZ THERE (except those forgotten or missed 😊)
Stats – We track attendance and Shawmont. Loggin’ the miles is just for fun.
Records: Attendance – 18 on 6/23/18. Shawmonts – 13 on 2/10/18.
This Week: Attendance – 18. Shawmont – 8.
- Trail Name: Distance (Route)
- A.A.Ron (FKA Aaron P): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Alan Bravo: 8
- CtCloser: 14 (SHAWMONT + 2)
- Dr. Ned: 8
- Dutch (AKA Presley, FKA Lisa Marie): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Half Caff: 8
- JH: 14 (SHAWMONT). Welcome to the madness!
- Jimmy Dee: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- John NTT (No Trail Tag. FKA JR): 10
- JulCee (FKA Juliana): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- KayCee: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Kelee: 8
- Lynette: 12
- Prof. Sandy: 10
- Ravi: 10. Welcome to the madness!
- Rob Ray: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Teddio: 9
- Terminator Tony: 13.5
- Weezinator: 2
Thanks for reading. Let’s have a great week!
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