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* 4/8/23 RUN REPORT
* Saturday Group Run at 7:30 a.m.
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** WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2023
4/23 -- TCS LONDON MARATHON (* UK)
Pat M
4/23 -- ST. LUKE’S ALLENTOWN HALF MARATHON (PA)
JC
4/30 -- BROAD STREET RUN 10 MILER (PA)
AlanBravo, HalfCaff, JimmyDee, MangoMarjo, Michael P,
OKhen, Prof. Sandy, TooHot Tom
4/30 -- OKLAHOMA CITY MARATHON (* OK)
TommyO
4/30 -- GETTYSBURG HALF MARATHON (PA)
KennyBaby
5/6 ---- LONG ISLAND 10K (LI)
Pat M
5/6 ---- DELAWARE SEASHORE CLASSIC HALF MARATHON (Lewes, DE)
?
5/7 ---- YORK MARATHON (* PA)
TooHot Tom (?)
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
5/31 -- MEMORIAL MAIN STREET MILE (Yardley, PA)
TooHot Tom
6/3 ---- CAYUGA TRAILS 50 MILER (NY)
JustGene
6/3 ---- SCOTT COFFEE 8K (NJ)
TooHot Tom
6/10 -- HALF SAUER HALF KRAUT (PA)
JustGene
6/21 -- TEX MEX 5K (PA)
?
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
10/1 -- PORTLAND HALF MARATHON (OR)
JimmyDee
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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Coastal Delaware Running Festival
[2½ MIN READ] Loving running in community as I do, I see certain races stand out, particularly the half and full marathons; because they’re magnets for Shawmonters. Naturally, Philadelphia’s belong on the list, simply because they're right in our collective backyard. Unfortunately, they’re kind of big. That’s a bit of a turn off for me because I was born in and raised on smaller, regional marathons. Another turn off is the cost of staying overnight. Who’s rich enough to afford all the races and the associated commuting and housing costs? Fine, some are (Just read the Whoz Doin What feature of the weekly Run Report to get a sense), but I’m not one of them. All this means I’m not committed to specific races year in and year out. This spring, for instance, no marathons had enough degrees of appeal to catch my attention, so I hadn’t been training with one in mind. Actually, I had been ramping up my long-run distances as if I had one, but didn’t.
Folks who follow the SRC Facebook group noticed a 03’31’F request from a Shawmonter seeking passage to Rehoboth for Coastal DE Running Festival’s marathon, 04’16’U: It piqued my interest (Accessibility: 1 degree of appeal. Size: 1 degree of appeal.). For the race to really seize my attention, there were a couple other conditions it needed to meet. First I determined that registration was still open (Vacancy: 1 degree of appeal). Then I wanted to have more than 2 20-mile runs under my belt: A comfortable 24-miler on 04’01’S did the trick (Preparedness: 1 degree of appeal). Next I learned another Shawmonter had a place down thereabouts who had room for me (Housing: 1 degree of appeal). Then I learned how many other Shawmonters would be around because they were doing the half on 04’15’S (Community: 1 degree of appeal)
Closing in on a definitive decision, I realized that this would otherwise be the first spring in 10 years of marathoning that I had none. Coastal DE would take care of that (Streaking: 1 degree of appeal). My transportation still needs fine-tuning, but it’s close (Travel: 1 degree of appeal). Aside from the cost of the race, then, is just the cost of the accommodations. SRC Bud, don’t kill me on that, please (Affordability: 1 degree of appeal). So many degrees of appeal: How could anyone say no?
-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
4/16 -- COASTAL DELAWARE RUNNING FESTIVAL HALF MARATHON (Rehoboth, DE)
AlanBravo
4/16 -- COASTAL DELAWARE RUNNING FESTIVAL MARATHON (* Rehoboth, DE)
TooHot Tom
4/17 -- BOSTON MARATHON (* MA)
BB Betsy (?), KayCee (?), Pat M, Quietman Tom, Tall Dave
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** CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!
No events that we know of.
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** RUNNIN' OFF AT THE MOUTH
** Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
(062913)
Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine.
--- John Trautmann, 1992 USA Olympic runner, sidelined by injury, added 72 pounds, finally said, “What the Hey?!”, … then 20 years later lost the love handles, fixed the injury, reconnected with his college coach and started hunting down wins in Masters races
I don’t believe in burnout. I believe in losing your appetite.
--- Pat Tyson, Oregon and Gonzaga University cross country and track coach
Most runners want to run either longer or faster at some point in their running career, but without good running form,
added distance will only lengthen the time you are running improperly and increase you odds of getting hurt.
--- George Xu, Tai Chi gold medalist and 30 years student of martial arts
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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 AlanBravo ---------------- an on-the-trail 10
2 BB Betsy ----------------- an on-the-trail 9
3 Brian K ------------------- an on-the-trail 8
4 Carol ---------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
5 Greg ---------------------- an on-the-trail 8
6 HalfCaff ------------------ an on-the-trail 10
7 Jamie --------------------- an on-the-trail 10 + 2 more for 12
8 JimmyDee --------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
9 Jo -------------------------- an on-the-trail 10 + 2 more for 12
10 Mary Y ------------------- an on-the-trail 10 + 2 more for 12
11 Maya ---------------------- an on-the-trail 10
12 Pati L --------------------- an on-the-trail 10
13 Quietman Tom --------- an on-the-trail 8
14 Tall Dave ---------------- an on-the-trail 8.5
15 Teddio -------------------- an on-the-trail 8
16 TooHot Tom ------------ an on-the-trail 10 + 2 more for 12
17 Ying1 -------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
** ALSO SEEN & MENTIONABLES **
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