Shawmont Running Club

For 10/19/24

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RUMINATIONS

Run Report: End of the Road Half Marathon – by CtCloser

SRC attendance numbers have been swelling with the onset of fall racing season. Ask around and you’ll find Harrisburg (11’10’U), Philadelphia (11’24’U), Rehoboth Beach (12’07’S), and even Honolulu (12’08’U) Marathons in the mix. A bunch of Shawmont runners also do Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon every year and we’ve seen them dropping in to do long runs. There was also one other notable half-marathon: End of the Road Half Marathon in Waterfall PA (10’19’S).

It seems that a bunch of Jenkintown Running Company’s Growlers Group Run club members had set their mind to running it and needed some motivating to execute long slow distances. Enter the social fabric of the club that’s named after the one-mile Shawmont Avenue hill ascent: That’s us. (There are some who wish the hill was at the beginning of the run, but relocating it isn’t happening anytime soon.) You may have heard it said that “Distance work is speed work. Hill work is speed work. Speed work is speed work.” A Shawmont Hill effort takes care of 2/3’s of that, particularly relative to half marathons, and takes care of all of it if you’re squeezing in some intervals, tempos, or fartleks.

Let’s say that the half-marathon-training work paid off in spades. Six JRC/SRC runners were in the field. They were 6 out of 6 for awards with 4 winning AG 1st-place finishes and 2 showing in 3rd place. (See Congrats-a-mundo to All for the details.) And after using SRC for long runs for a few races in the last few years, some are starting to say they’re really getting to like the hill. If that means they start making a habit out of attending, we’re all winners, hey?
–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 10/19/24), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser.

 

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WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2024

10/30/2024: Amended

Through Next Month…

  • 10/20: DELAWARE DISTANCE CLASSIC (Wilmington)
    • Half Caff
  • 10/26: HOWLOWEEN 5K (North Wales)
    • Prof. Sandy
    • Marea (granddaughter of Prof. Sandy)
  • 10/26: JAVELINA JUNDRED 100 MILE TRAIL
    • Just Gene
  • 10/27: MARINE CORPS MARATHON (Arlington VA)
    • Eric F
  • 11/10: HARRISBURG MARATHON
    • CJ3
    • Rob Ray
  • 11/10: PRINCETON HALF MARATHON
    • GregLe
  • 11/17: TWINING VALLEY TURKEY TROT 5K (Upper Dublin)
    • Half Caff
  • 11/3: LAS VEGAS MARATHON (NV)
    • Just Gene
  • 11/3: RUN THE BRIDGE 10K (Camden)
    • Prof. Sandy
    • Too Hot Tom
  • 11/23: ROTHMAN 8K (Philadelphia)
    • Just Gene
    • Prof. Sandy
    • Too Hot Tom
  • 11/24: PHILADELPHIA MARATHON
    • Just Erica
    • Just Gene
    • Just Hillary
  • 11/28: GOBBLE WOBBLE 5K (Abington)
    • Half Caff

 

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CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!

10/30/2024: Amended

  • 10/19: END OF THE ROAD HALF MARATHON (Waterfall PA)
    • A.A.Ron (AKA Aaron P): 1:42:58. AG 3rd
    • Adelaide: 1:48:48. AG 1st
    • Caiter (AKA Caitlyn R, Katelyn R): 1:42:24. AG 1st
    • CtCloser, 1:58:19: AG 3rd
    • Train Dave (AKA David C): 1:37:02. AG 1st
    • Yaz (AKA Jasmin): 1:32:48. AG 1st
  • 10/19: SAVANNAH RIVER MARATHON (North Augusta, SC)
    • BeeCee: 1:32:00. Overall 1st!!
    • KayCee: 1:52:33. Overall 2nd!!

SEND YOUR RACE RESULTS TO: TEDMILLER01@GMAIL.COM

 

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RUNNIN’ OFF AT THE MOUTH

10/30/2024: Amended

“There are many challenges to long-distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys.” –Gabrielle Zevin

“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.” Martin Mull

“Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” –Rich Hall

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

 

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ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB – by Teddio

10/30/2024: Amended

Fear

Fear is a powerful force that protects humans by helping us avoid dangerous situations… Today, many of the dangers that fear helped us to avoid, like being eaten by a predatory animal, no longer exist. The result is that instead of helping us survive, our fears now prevent us from taking action that allows ourselves to grow.

3 ways to consider fear this week:

  1. We’re rarely in danger…
  2. Don’t worry about failure…
  3. Increase awareness of what scares you…

(https://rundown.runtheday.com/p/fear)

 

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THEMZ WHO WUZ THERE (except those forgotten or missed 😊)

10/30/2024: Amended

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 – 15. Shawmont – 8.

  • Trail Name: Distance (Route)
  • BB Betsy: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • GregLe: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Happ: 8
  • Jamie: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Jimmy Dee: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Just Gene: 5
  • Li: 10
  • PMS (FKA Peter S): 20
  • Prof. Sandy: 10
  • Quietman Tom: 14 (SHAWMONT)
  • Rob Ray: 20 (SHAWMONT+6)
  • SylviEl: 20 (SHAWMONT+6)
  • Teddio: 8
  • Weezinator: 2
  • Yuki: 10

Thanks for reading. Let’s have a great week!

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

 

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