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* 1/9/21 RUN REPORT
* Saturday Group Run at 7:30 a.m.
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** WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2021
2/5 ---- GRANDMASTERS ULTRA 100K (AZ)
Julie D, JustGene
4/3 ---- REVEL MT. CHARLESTON MARATHON (* NV)
JustGene, JustHilary
4/19 -- BOSTON MARATHON (* MA) – POSTPONED to ??
JustGene
4/25 -- DELAWARE MARATHON (* DE)
CtCloser,
5/2 ---- COLORADO HALF MARATHON (CO)
Katrina (a choice to make)
5/3-8 - COCODONA 250 (AZ)
JustGene
5/29 -- CAYUGA TRAIL 50 (NY)
JustGene
6/13 -- IRONMAN 70.3 EAGLEMAN TRIATHLON (DE)
Lady Jennifer
6/19 -- MOHICAN 100 (OH)
JustGene
7/6-10- YOSEMITE BACKCOUNTRY RUN 100 STAGE RACE (Yosemite Nat. Park)
Julie D, JustGene, JustHilary
7/16 -- CALIFORNIA UNTAMED 330 (7/16-25, CA) -- CANCELED
JustGene
8/? ---- USATF MASTERS OUTDOOR TRACK (CA)
JustGene
8/13 -- BIGFOOT 200 (WA)
JustGene
8/30 -- STAGE RACE TBD
JustGene
10/3 -- LONDON MARATHON (* England)
JustGene
10/7 -- UNREASONABLE E.A.S.T. 200 (10/7-11, Australia)
JustGene
10/10 - YORK HALF MARATHON (PA) – date??
Quietman Tom
10/17 - TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON (* Canada)
JustGene
11/15 -- MYSTIC HALF MARATHON (CT) … date?
Katrina
12/4 -- REHOBOTH BEACH HALF MARATHON (DE) – date?
Lady Jennifer
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** RUMINATIONS
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Up, Up, Damn Hill*
BB Betsy, CtCloser, HalfCaff^, $teve, and Ying1 stood at the bottom of Shawmont Avenue, unmotivated to start the ascent. Even the pleasure of trying to beat up everyone else seemed inadequate catalyst. HalfCaff started first, but Ying1 commented bleakly, “That damn hill just keeps getting higher.”
There may be more to that than emotional friction. Various sources indicate that Mount Everest increases in elevation ¼” (4 mm) to 2” per year because of regional tectonic activity. While Philadelphia isn’t known to be the locus of tectonic activity, there are still a lot of cyclists that traverse the bottom of Shawmont from the Schuylkill River Trail to River Road. And the ground compression results in expansion somewhere. This is solid SRC science: Who squeezes a tube of toothpaste and doesn’t expect something to come out somewhere else? That’s the assertion, anyway. It’s time for the researchers to get to work confirming. In the meantime, we’ll keep ascending with the confidence that as the elevation rises, we’ll keep running better because everyone knows that “hill work is speed work in disguise.”
-CtCloser #negativesplitorpositivesplat #dothedue
Fine Print
Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ¶*Thanks to $teve for the title. ^HalfCaff=Howard, per his Twitter handle and used with his endorsement. Thanks for the heads up on Everest growing. ¶Based on true events.
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** NEWS ITEMS **
** NEWS ITEM #1 **
SRC has a nickname change. The runner formerly known as “Ying” is now monikered with the handle “Ying1.” It’s been rumored that the “1” is necessary in case another Ying should join our troop of inmates … oops … maniacs and thusly need the nickname “Ying2.”
** HOLY CR@P! There’s a NEWS ITEM #2 **
Howard has a new nickname. The runner formerly known as “Howard” (and … yes … NOT one of the Zen-ster’s greatest-ever labels) shall be hence forth and hither to known as “HalfCaff.” As it is written, so shall it be.
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** MAY THE WIND BE AT YOUR BACK
1/17 -- NAPLES HALF MARATHON (FL)
JustGene
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** CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!
No events this week that we know about.
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** RUNNIN' OFF AT THE MOUTH
** Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
(012211)
Hill training is often more of a mental challenge than a physical one.
--- Florence Griffith Joyner, “Flo-Jo” is American and the fastest woman in the world holding world records for the 100M and 200M events
I don’t think jogging is healthy, especially morning joggers. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups.
--- Rita Rudner, American comedian and possibly not a fan of joggers
Just like I hope to be a mother the rest of my life, I hope to be a runner the rest of my life.
--- Joan Benoit Samuelson, American who was the first women’s Olympic Marathon gold medalist, held the women’s record for the Chicago Marathon for 32 years … and the record for the Boston Marathon for 28 years. [ED: Maybe she’s an ET?]
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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, 6/8/19
* Shawmonts -– 26 on 2/10/18
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** NEWBIES **
1 No newbies this week
** VETERANS **
1 Alan B --------------------- an on-the-trail 6.25
2 Ariel ----------------------- an on-the-trail 7.5
3 BB Betsy ----------------- yet another Shawmont 14
4 CtCloser ----------------- a Shawmont 14
5 Colleen -------------------- a trails-and-roads 22 celebrating her birthday
6 Happ --------------------- a Shawmont 14 … 1st since 8/2/2014 … CONGRATS!
7 HalfCaff (Howard) ---- a Shawmont 14
8 JustGene ----------------- a Shawmont + 6 for 20
9 Marjo --------------------- a 10K in her “hood”
10 OKhen -------------------- a Shawmont 14
11 Prof. Sandy ------------- an on-the-trail 10
12 Quietman Tom --------- a Shawmont + 1 for 15
13 Steve K ------------------ a Shawmont 14
14 Teddio -------------------- a Shawmont 14 for Mr. Attendance
15 Vel ------------------------ a Shawmont 14
16 Ying1 -------------------- a Shawmont 14
** ALSO SEEN & MENTIONABLES **
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