Below is a catalog of our blog posts in chronological order, starting with the most recent. The blog highlights various PPTC members and their accomplishments as well as topics that may be of interest to the NYC running community or at large.
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One of the things I enjoy watching online are videos of people cleaning up neglected gardens/yards. From these videos I learned the phrase “volunteer trees”. These are trees that are not planted by anyone but just end up growing in someone’s garden/yard. I always thought that term was interesting because those trees are probably more accurately called opportunistic trees. That made me question whether volunteers are opportunistic.
Read MoreThe following poems were written by PPTC members who are runners and poets. In their poems, they’ve explored joy, anguish, love, interconnectedness, injustices, and care. On this last day of poetry month, may these poems fill you with reflection and hope.
Read MoreSeveral PPTC members have become friends in this way, and this year, as in years past, many have expressed their appreciation for one another in the sole mates notes below. Self-love makes this platonic love possible, and together, our love makes anything possible.
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