By Washed Up Former Officer, Colin SyBing Six and a half years ago I made the varsity cross country team at Wootton High School. As a scrawny sophomore, I still wore white knee-length compression shorts under my uniform split shorts because the sight of my own thighs crippled me with anxiety. Even as an insecure 15-year-old, nothing instilled […]
Author: Colin SyBing
Finding Your Reason To Run
When I took on the role of President of this wonderful club this past January, I had an idea. What if I used the weekly email platform for something more than just announcements? The benefits of spending more time preparing the email were twofold; if I put entertaining content in my emails, hopefully people would actually read them […]
Widener Recap
By Ryun Anderson April 20th, 2019: the day before Easter. A day when Jake Downing paid homage to the meme gods by finishing 69th in the 1500 on 4/20. And the day when Maryland Club Running “pulled a fast one” (as the youths say) on Widener University. On Saturday, a small squadron of Terrapins traveled to Chester, […]
Nationals Recap
Day 1: Courage, Camaraderie, and Clipboards 7 years ago, a plucky organization of volunteers who had previously planned nothing but half marathons and other road races decided that it was time to expand their race repertoire to better serve the college runners that frequented their races. What they planned next was the first rendition of the NIRCA Spring […]
Happy Valley Recap
Rebounding off a Saturday night of long travel, sketchy pizza places, and a hotel of questionable hygiene, the members of Maryland Club Running discovered quite the shock before resting up for the night. The hotel which they inhabited did indeed offer “breakfast,” but the magic word “complementary” was notably absent from that description. Panicked visions of famine and […]
Absolutely Not
Greetings blog readers. There’s an awful lot of crazy controversy going around, and while Rylan is perfectly entitled, by the First Amendment of our constitution, to express his objectively and obnoxiously incorrect opinions, it’s important to stay true to the facts. Thus, here’s a quick cheat sheet for everyone to reference anytime you hear the fell word “Strava” […]
A Reflection
By Colin SyBing Dear UMD Club Running, As I write this, it’s almost midnight on Sunday November 11th (though it’ll probably be much longer before I finish). More specifically, I’ve just emerged from a post-Nationals car ride coma, checked the grade I received on the midterm I took right before leaving last week (eh), commented on a couple […]