Weekly Run REport

* * *  SHAWMONT RUNNING CLUB * * * 

* 3/18/23 RUN REPORT

* Saturday Group Run at 7:30 a.m. 

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** WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2023

4/16 -- DELAWARE SEASHORE CLASSIC HALF MARATHON (DE)

AlanBravo

4/17 -- BOSTON MARATHON (* MA)

BB Betsy (?), KayCee (?), Pat M, Quietman Tom

4/23 -- TCS LONDON MARATHON (* UK)

Pat M

4/23 -- ST. LUKE’S ALLENTOWN HALF MARATHON (PA)

JC

4/30 -- USATF 10K (MA)

JustGene

4/30 -- BROAD STREET RUN 10 MILER (PA)

AlanBravo, HalfCaff, MangoMarjo, Michael P, OKhen, Prof. Sandy

4/30 -- OKLAHOMA CITY MARATHON (* OK)

TommyO

4/30 -- GETTYSBURG HALF MARATHON (PA)

KennyBaby

5/6 ---- LONG ISLAND 10K (LI)

Pat M

5/13 -- DAWN TO DUSK TO DAWN 12 HOUR (PA)

JustGene

5/20 -- RBC BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON (NY)

Pat M

5/21 -- COVENTRY WOODS 10K (PA)

JustGene

6/3 ---- CAYUGA TRAILS 50 MILER (NY)

JustGene

6/10 -- HALF SAUER HALF KRAUT (PA)

JustGene

6/24 -- WESTERN STATES 100 MILER (CA)

JustGene

7/20-23 USATF MASTERS OUTDOOR (NC)

JustGene

7/30 -- TRIPLE DOUBLE 15K (PA)

JustGene

8/2 ---- PHIL’S TAVERN 5K (PA)

Quietman Tom

8/11-15 BIGFOOT 200 ENDURANCE RUN (WA)

Terminator Tony

8/20 --- CHOBOT CHALLENGE 15K

JustGene

8/24 --- OREGON 200 MILER (OR)

 JustGene

9/10 --- SUPERIOR 100 (MN)

JustErica (paced by JustGene)

9/17 -- USATF 12K (NJ)

JustGene

9/24 -- BERLIN MARATHON (* Germany)

JustHilary, JustGene, Pat M

10/8 -- CHICAGO MARATHON (* IL)

JustGene

10/22 - EVANSBURG CHALLENGE 10 MILER (PA)

JustGene

11/5 --- BRIDGE RUN 10K (PA)

JustGene

11/18 - PHILADELPHIA HALF MARATHON (PA)

JustGene

11/25 - DELAWARE CROSS COUNTRY 5K (DE)

JustGene

12/9 -- KIAWAH ISLAND MARATHON (* SC)

JustGene

12/17 - NAKED NICK 50K (PA)

JustGene

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** RUMINATIONS

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A Different Opinion on Ruminating

[2 MIN READ] “Ruminations” is one feature of Shawmont Running Club’s Weekly Run Report. If your intersection with the Report comes from outside of Facebook (where you can read all of the features since its inception, long before I started contributing), then you wouldn’t know what the various features are. Some are about and are geared more for the members of the club; so non-fans, much less non-runners, might not be interested much.

For non-member runners, Whoz Doin What is interesting for the names of different races and the distances that are out there. It’s also downright awe-dropping and jaw-inspiring to see how many races any given (or specific) individual can seriously consider in a calendar year. For pretty much everyone, Runnin’ Off at the Mouth is just a barrel of fits and giggles, even if running is the sole subject matter.

To get back to this particular Report feature, Ruminations, what’s not to understand about the phenomenon of getting into a pacing groove and getting lost in thought? Even the most agony-riddled runner, consumed by the obsession of the nonce to quit, has thoughts that would make good literary fodder. They just have to get to the literizing. (That was another appeal for more contributors and contributions. There are other meaningful people in the world, even when that world is mine. And, yes, literizing is a made up word.) For me, becoming a contributor was natural given all the ruminating I do, even outside of running.

Imagine my shock and dismay when I saw this New York Times article title, How to Stop Ruminating, because my immediate response was to say to myself, ‘Self, why would anyone want to do that?!’ But apparently there are other ways to define words. And ruminate is one of them. Feel free to read the article (assuming you can get past the firewall), but simply, some people can get wrapped up endlessly in unproductive thought patterns. There you go. All my Ruminations are absolutely productive. Click on Ruminations by CtCloser in Fine Print to verify for yourself.

-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, Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser..

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** NEWS ITEMS **

No news items this week.

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** MAY THE WIND BE AT YOUR BACK

3/26 -- LOVE RUN HALF MARATHON (PA)

HalfCaff, JustGene (1:50 pacer), TommyO (1:40 pacer)

4/2 ---- USATF 10 MILER (CA)

JustGene

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** CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!  

3/18 -- HADDONFIELD ADRENALINE 5K (PA)

JustGene --------------- 21:24, AG WINNER!

Prof. Sandy ----------- no result found

3/19 -- UNITED NYC HALF MARATHON (NY)

Eric F ------------------- 2:19:44

Pat M ------------------- 2:06:23

3/19 -- SPRING DISTANCE CLASSIC 15K (NJ)

AlanBravo ------------ no result found

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** RUNNIN' OFF AT THE MOUTH

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

(061513)

I much prefer racing against men than against the clock. It is much more fun.

--- Chris Chataway, British 5K championship runner in the Roger Bannister era, served many years in England’s Parliament

Your shoes are only as good as the laces they’re attached to.

--- Greg Sampson, American NFL football player for Houston … and … NO … the Zenster does NOT know what this statement means

Compared to a lot of runners, I’m not very loyal to my running shoes.

--- Sarah Bowen Shea, American health and fitness journalist, runner and co-author of “Run Like a Mother”

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

* Stats * - We track attendance and Shawmonts.

*  Loggin’ the miles is just for fun.

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* RECORDS: Attendance – 39 on 6/23/18

* Shawmonts – 26 on 2/10/18

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** NEWBIES **

1 No newbies this week

** VETERANS **

1 Happ --------------------- an on-the-trail 7

2 Jamie --------------------- a to-the-Inn-and-back 5

3 JimmyDee --------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14

4 KennyBaby -------------- an on-the-trail 8

5 Pati L --------------------- an on-the-trail 8

6 Tall Dave ---------------- a Shawmont-Manor 17+

7 Teddio -------------------- an on-the-trail 7

8 Ying1 -------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14

** ALSO SEEN & MENTIONABLES **

AlanBravo