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Run Report: 5/31 “Threats” – by CtCloser
A.A.Ron and I registered with weekly census-taker Teddio to do Shawmont Avenue runs last week. Jamie and My-Oh Maya registered for 10’s. And that was the plan until the 4 of us reached the 5-mile mark after the stone bridge. It was there that MM caved and turned her goal into a Shawmont, too. Although there hasn’t been a Shawmont in her cards since last year, the pull to do one proved irresistible.
Peer pressure is a terrible threat to social development at younger ages, but it’s a real thing for fully fledged adults, too. Although Jamie reported not having done a Shawmont in 6 years, he wasn’t going back up the trail by himself, what with 75% of those present going on. So off he went, sucked into the vortex of obsession that running Shawmont Avenue can create.
Completing the 14 miler introduced an unexpected new threat. Immediately after he and I plied the canal towpath right by the newly completed lock renovation, skirting a water puddle in the process, I felt a painful prickling inside my right ankle and outside my left knee. Knowing I had brushed a plant on the right side, I stopped to look for thorns but found nothing. The prickling turned into a burning that continued until he and I caught up with MM and AA waiting for us at the foot of Shawmont Avenue. It turns out that they had developed burning skin too from applying the very same avoidance maneuver that I did at the very same puddle. Inexplicably, but redemptively of his previous me-too mindset, Jamie managed to develop nothing comparable.
The completion of that run produced rashes for 3 of us, extra soreness for 2, and a commitment by one, A.A.Ron, to do some pruning the next time he does a Shawmont Avenue effort.
–CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue
FINE PRINT ¶Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club, Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser.
WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2025
Through Next Month…
- 6/1: ITHACA TWILIGHT 5K (NY)
- Prof. Sandy
- 6/7: SCOTT COFFEE MOORESTOWN ROTARY 8K (NJ)
- Prof. Sandy
- 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
“At mile 20, I thought I was dead. At mile 22, I wished I was dead. At mile 24, I knew I was dead. At mile 26.2, I realized I had become too tough to kill.” –Unknown
“The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone’s advice the last week before the race. That’s when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.” –Don Kardong
“If you feel bad at 10 miles, you’re in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you’re normal. If you don’t feel bad at 26 miles, you’re abnormal.” –Rob de Castella, winner 1983 World Marathon Championships (Rerun from 12/16/24)
Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB – by Teddio
Running Tip: Ditch the Data, Embrace the Dash – The Joy of the Fartlek Shuffle
Why Embrace the Shuffle?
- Reconnect with Intuitive Pacing…
- Break the Monotony…
- Build Natural Speed Variation…
- Rediscover the Fun…
How to Get Your Shuffle On (Here’s the Tip!)
- Landmark Leaps…
- Sound Surges…
- Feeling-Fueled Flights…
- Time-Optional Tempo…
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.
This Week: Attendance – 9. Shawmont – 4.
- Trail Name: Distance (Route)
- A.A.Ron (FKA Aaron P): 14 (SHAWMONT)
- CtCloser: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Dr. Ned: 9
- Half Caff: 10
- Jamie: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- John NTT (No Trail Tag. FKA JR): 10
- My-Oh Maya: 14 (SHAWMONT)
- Prof. Sandy: 10
- Teddio: 9
Thanks for reading. Let’s have a great week!
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