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* 6/18/22 RUN REPORT
* Saturday Group Run at 7:30 a.m.
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** WHOZ DOIN WHAT IN 2022
7/16 --- NEW JERSEY STATE TRIATHLON (NJ) Rudy Tuesday Crew (OKbecca s, BeauMike b, OKhen r)
7/22 --- CASCADE CREST 100 (WA, 7/22-23) JustErica, JustGene
7/28 --- USATF MASTERS OUTDOOR (KY), 7/28-7/31) JustGene
8/6 ---- BRAYDEN 10K TRAIL RUN (Wellsboro, PA) Prof Sandy
8/14 -- DOUBLE TROUBLE 15K (PA) JustGene
8/19 -- SINK OR SURVIVE 500K STAGE RACE (Australia, 8/19-8/26) … OR …
8/26 -- HOOD TO COAST 199 MILE RELAY (OR) JustGene
8/20 -- REYKJAVIK MARATHON (* UK) KennyBaby
8/20 -- IVYLAND 5K (PA) Prof Sandy
8/27 -- TOWANDA RIVERFEST 5K (PA) Prof Sandy
9/5 ---- NEW HAVEN ROAD RACE 20K (CT) JC,
9/18 -- PHILADELPHIA DISTANCE RUN HALF MARATHON (Philly) Marjo, OKhen, Pat M
9/18 -- USATF 12K (NJ) JustGene
10/2 -- LONDON MARATHON (* UK, Wanda Age Group Championships) JustGene
10/2 -- WINEGLASS MARATHON (* NY) Rachel W, Wolfman Mark
10/9 -- CHICAGO MARATHON (* IL) Pat M,
10/16 - EVANSBURG CHALLENGE 10 MILER (PA) JustGene
10/23 - DELAWARE DISTANCE CLASSIC 15K (DE) JustGene
10/26 - NIAGARA HALF MARATHON (NY) Pat M,
11/6 --- BRIDGE RUN 10K (Camden/Philly) JustGene
11/19 - PHILADELPHIA 8K (PA) JustGene
11/19 - PHILADELPHIA HALF MARATHON (PA) Michael P,
11/20 - PHILADELPHIA MARATHON (* PA) JustGene
11/26 - DELAWARE XC 5K (DE) JustGene
12/4 --- CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON (* CA) JustErica, JustGene, JustHilary
12/10 - USATF CLUB CROSS COUNTRY (San Fran, CA) JustGene
12/27 - ACROSS THE YEARS 6 DAY (AZ, 12/27/22-1/6/23?) JustGene
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** RUMINATIONS
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Walking Is Good for Running
During my last marathon (05’15’U), I started developing a cramp in my right calf and hamstring. It might have been the warmth of the day or inadequate strength work. Or both. The hamstring didn’t continue to be a problem over the next 2 workouts, but the calf did. A trip to my physical therapist a week later localized the problem to my tibularfibular joint, not to the muscle. Some specific exercises would address the problem.
Before I could get to the point of complete resolution, I did an extra long run with Tall Dave: Shawmont Manor for 16. Although my SRC running coach gave me a concerned side eye, I ignored them. I argue that my joint would have acted up anyway, because it started yelling at me descending the cobblestone on the way to River Road before the 13-mile mark (A standard Shawmont is 14). Walking helped but not enough to get me fully functional again; the joint just hurt too much whenever I started back up.
So Tall Dave and I started walking. Too be fair, I suggested he run back solo, but we hadn’t caught up during a run in so long and he felt like his running has been underwhelming, anyway. So we just kept talking and walking until we got to the head of Andorra Rd where he started running home, a good 25 minutes after we started.
You can find articles that defend walking as good cross-training and injury-recovery therapy for runners. It’s also a good way to get back to your car when Uber isn’t much of an option (River Road to Manor? Not happening with that motor-vehicle gate in the way) and it’s a great way to keep conversation going; ‘cuz isn’t group running at least as much about the community as the competition?
-CtCloser (Calvinthe) #negativesplitorpositivesplat #dothedue
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** NEWS ITEMS **
No news items this week.
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** MAY THE WIND BE AT YOUR BACK
6/25 -- ARMED FORCES 5K (Mansfield, PA)
Prof Sandy
6/26 -- MISSOULA MARATHON (* MT)
KennyBaby
6/29 --- WMA OUTDOORS (Tampere, Finland, 6/29-7/10)
JustGene
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** CONGRATS-A-MUNDO TO ALL!
6/8 ---- ITHACA TWILIGHT 5K (NY)
Prof Sandy ----------- 31:19, AG WINNER! * Time Correction *
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** RUNNIN' OFF AT THE MOUTH
** Source: The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations, Higdon, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing)
(081812)
A race is a breed apart from the daily run.
--- Gail W. Kislevitz, editor of First Marathons
You’re just running. You’re not putting together business plans, solving quadratic equations, or trying to keep your drive from slicing off the fairway.
--- Amby Burfoot, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life
Sometimes, on days I’m truly not motivated, I use errands to make me run. I carry a plastic bag or small backpack and run to the store to shop.
--- Ana Da Silva, a Brazilian track and field star at the University of Georgia, me thinks
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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 Charlie ------------------- an on-the-trail 10
2 Dave V ------------------- a to-the-Inn-and-back 5
3 Happ --------------------- a to-the-Inn-and-back 5, Welcome Back!
4 Jamie --------------------- a to-the-Inn-and-back 5. Welcome Back!
5 JC ------------------------- an on-the-trail 6
6 KennyBaby -------------- an on-the-trail 10
7 Michael P ---------------- an on-the-trail 7
8 Pati L --------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
9 $teve --------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
10 Teddio -------------------- an on-the-trail 10 + 2 more for 12
11 Terminator Tony ------ an on-the-trail 7
12 Ying1 -------------------- a Vanilla Shawmont 14
** ALSO SEEN & MENTIONABLES **
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