The "Penguin" daily threads were originally conceived to emphasize that all members of the community have a place on the boards. Encouragement, motivation, a little love nip (you will love one, give it a try!) or even a little kick in the pants when needed -- it can happen here. Basically, we celebrate just getting out there and moving our tails!What is "slow"? "Slow" is a perception but one of the common benchmarks is the 10:00/mi pace; but there's no firm line. In fact, there are many of us that have slipped past this, and just hope that no one notices and revokes their "igloo privileges." It can be confusing for the forum newbies, but we're not one of the teams in any of the fine games. It's a totally open group, so stop lurking, post an introduction of yourself dive in and join the fun! No application necessary! There might even be a lovely picture for Scotty (we love pics!)

Good morning, Gustav! 

Good morning, Colony.  I'm not sure who still posts in the Penguin thread or if I'll even know most of you.  I just wanted to stop in and say hello.  I miss you guys and have lost my running mojo since Boston.  I ran a ton of miles that week and since then I have been floundering.  I wanted to pop in and follow everyone's posts to help remind me of why running is so great and that I need to just get out there again. 

Happy Wednesday everyone! 

Steph

Good morning --

Gus -- you did better than me, getting out in the rain.  It was freezing cold in my lab all day, and the last thing I wanted to do after work was to go get wet.  I found something productive to do at home -- we finally grouted our tile backsplash.

Steph -- good to see you!  Hang around for a while and maybe you'll get that itch to lace up your running shoes again.

DR -- hope you make it to the office without too muc hassle

AFM -- I skipped my run last night -- the photo shows what I did instead.  6-7 miles planned for tonight.

Good Morning.  Nice job Margo.  Lowe's magically did ours last week while I was at work.

ps: Tried to copy a picture from ipad, but it comes out giant sized.

My legs were a tad sore yesterday so I decided no to run.  Went home and mowed the lawn instead.   Good thing because today we have more rain and are on a 'flood watch" since the local creeks and rivers are still swollen from all that rain we got over the weekend.  Sadly, we had another fatality.  A 6-year old boy yesterday wandered out of his yard and ended up down by one of the fast-flowing creeks and fell in and drowned.   Really feel for his family, loss of a child is a terrible thing to experience.

This morning, Gail and I went to Fort Sam Houston at 5 a.m.  She did her walk and I got in 4 miles of run/walk. Felt really good and ran well during my running segments. After we finished and tried to go home, we found we were 'trapped" for a bit.  I had forgotten that at Fort Sam they close some of the roads at 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., so the soldiers can do formation runs and individual runs along the roads with no traffic interference.  So we drove in circles for a while, lol,until we finally found the open road that let us escape.  I thought it was funny, but Gail got all annoyed because her 'timetable' was thrown off and she had to be at work a certain time and yada yada yada; and me, like a dummy, tried to make a joke of it - which irritated her even more - which then got me annoyed a little.  You'd think after nearly 30 years of marriage, I'd have learned by now when it is a smart time to keep my big mouth shut, lol.   Oh well, just one of those occasional husband-wife 'disagreements' , this too shall pass.

Morning, pens!  No complaints from the knee after the 3 miler yesterday, woo!  I have PT today.

Gustav- There were a ton of RRs over the weekend.  I bet that means there will be less than usual next weekend.

Steph- Welcome! Good to see you here again!  I'm sorry that you feel like you've lost your mojo, maybe having some penguin friends will help?  It sounds like you did awesome in that relay!

D- Hope the rain stops before your run later.

Margo- Nice job on the backsplash!  Looks fantastic!

Awood- You don't have your race in your sig.  Good luck to you!

Jerry- That's my style of home improvement too, most of the time.  Or more like just talk about what we will do someday when we have time/money/motivation, hehe.

If I am adding a picture and it's showing up huge in the post, a lot of times I can grab the corner of the photo and drag it until it's the size that I want.

Bin- Good luck with the new watch!  The 610 would have been out of my league, too, if it weren't for a black Friday sale.

Scotty- Sounds like you and Gail just got a little extra cardio work this morning getting your heart rates up by being "irritated" with each other.  Hope the rest of the day goes more smoothly.  So sad to hear about the little boy.  Hoping the rain lets up soon.

Mitch- I had seen that link. Sounds like you have bought yourself a pair of Cadillacs.

Hi Pens...

Hi Steph! Are you still sporting the great socks?

PF: The tile and cabinets go nicely together. That must be some kitchen!

Bin: You can't go wrong witht the 210.

Awood: What are you racing?

I need to get signed up for another race so I can get back on a program. This summer we are probably leaving home for a month or so and that will put a kink in my running. I am hoping to sign up for a marathon in November or December, either in Fresno, Santa Barbara, or Tucson. We'll see...  Today I am going to play drums with another band, kind of like an audition. I am still with my other band but we aren't playing enough. I like to play at least once or twice a month. This weekend I am doing a mud run at Camp Pendleton in San Diego so that should be fun. It's a 10k but it is for fun only. I think there are some hard core people that try to race it but that's not us.  See ya.

Hi, Penguins all!!  I'm (obviously) running late as well, mostly because I'm actually working at work this week.  I'm out of the office tomorrow, and then I'll probably have to work at work again on Friday, but I guess since they pay me I can't really complain.  I didn't sleep well last night, so DH and I are taking another SRD today, because I wanted that extra hour of sack time.  I'm still not over my cold, so I'm not really sleeping comfortably, and it was way too hot in the house last night.  Tonight there will be open windows!!!