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!)

Sorry for the pathetic rain, Scotty. We got quite the storms in Minneapolis yesterday! RD for me today. Tomorrow is my long workout.

The rain is here. I'm taking a rest day.

Morning!  Still pretty rainy here.  I'll run between 6-10 after work, depending upon time, the weather, and my mood.

sapf- It's just an elementary school track club, very casual.  Two days a week, a teacher is out on the track half an hour before school starts, and kids can come early and walk or run before heading to class.  We keep track of their laps and they get a prize every so often for miles completed.  Thursdays is my day.

Scotty- Good luck at the dentist!  At least getting the cavity fixed will be a positive, right?

obie- Enjoy the RD!

PAD- Yikes!  Wonder if that's the same storm that Scotty was caught in?  We got soaked at running club last night, too.  Wettest run in a while.

Mitch- Enjoy the RD.

D- Hope the conference is worthwhile!

sapf- It's just an elementary school track club, very casual.  Two days a week, a teacher is out on the track half an hour before school starts, and kids can come early and walk or run before heading to class.  We keep track of their laps and they get a prize every so often for miles completed.  Thursdays is my day.

Hi Pens...

Scotty: Good luck at the dentist. My six month check up is coming soon. Thanks for the reminder.

Obie: Have a nice rest day and great LR tomorrow.

PAD: 96%... Terrible. I think you and Docket are the only ones who can say they live in that.  Yuck...

Hog: Good stuff on FB and enjoy the rest.

D: Going to the Keys for a conference? Must be nice.

Zel: 6-10 is a pretty big window. If it is not raining, I am guessing it will be 10.

HsM: It's Friday! You WILL bug out early!

As for me, 6 miles tonight and 12-14 in the morning. Next week is taper time; two weeks until the marathon with DW. It won't feel like much of a taper for me, as this cycle has been been pathetic because of injury. I am hoping to keep up with her during the race. More on that in the next week.  DD is running the 3200 today in league finals and the other DD woke up with a red, sore throat and a completely stuffed nose. No swimming for her today.  Tomorrow, after my early run, DW and I are driving to San Diego to see DS and give him his passport. This summer he is going deep into Mexico on his first archaeology trip for his major. It's a three week trip and he gets credit for two classes. Fun stuff.

Have a great weekend.

Scotty - sorry your rain yesterday didn't amount to much.  Still, 15 minutes is better than nothing.  Good luck with your race tomorrow.

Obiebyke - enjoy your RD today and your LR tomorrow.

PAD - we got the humidity today too, though we got no rain yesterday.  Can't even see the mountains this morning.

Mitch - enjoy your RD today.

Damaris - hope your conference is interesting.

Z - I hope you get a good run in this afternoon.  I thought you were in the dry part of the state.  Is this your rainy season?

HM - how frustrating not to get recognition for your ten years.  Will there be another banquet in the fall?  Hope you get to enjoy the nice weather this afternoon.

Jack - sounds like a busy weekend.  I envy your son.  I love archaeology, though field trips deep in Mexico ought to be in winter, not summer.

AFM:  probably a rest day today.  It's hot and humid, not a great day outside.  My feet are a little sore from yesterday's hike, so I'll let them rest.

Send that rain our way, obiebyke and Zelanie!  Good luck with your long workout tomorrow, obiebyke.

Yeah, we are getting the same kind of thing you are, PAD.  Not enough rain and too much humidity.

Enjoy that rain, Mitch, and the rest day.

So will you run in the Keys then, Damaris, after your retreat?  Nice.

Zelanie, this is just the checkup appointment and then I will probably have to go back to get the cavity fixed. Fun stuff.   Hope everything improves for you Zelanie, your weather and your mood.

So sorry about not getting the pin, HsM, that sucks. Maybe it's time for a new Director, the memory of this one seems to be going.   Enjoy your day if you get out early!  Yeah, graduation for us here too, so the campus is quiet.  My office is still busy though, our office job is all year round and the work never stops.

Well, Jack, I've been procrastinating going back to the dentist so this is my 2-year checkup, lol.   Another busy weekend for you!  Good luck with it all!

Enjoy your rest day, Ginny.  Roll those sore feet on a frozen water bottle, it will make them feel wonderful.

Glad you are able to run post-cortisone, Jerry, hope it worked for you a bit.  I may be with you soon, except I may have to get synvisc again, not cortisone.  This is THREE injections over  2 weeks right into my knee.  Ouch.   The stuff does work well for me, but those injections hurt like hell going in.  Jerry, why would DW fall off the path after being told about my run?  Just another normal run for me.  Now, you really want to make her fall-out, you should tell her about the time I ran smack-dab into a police horse butt....

 Floccinaucinihilipilification: The act of estimating something to be worthless.

 

Which is what I did yesterday for the 'so-called' rain storms we had. Pathetic.  We need rain really badly here in San Antonio and yesterday's forecast called for 70% rain.  It may have happened somewhere in our area but where I was, it was pathetic; came down for about 15 minutes and then just stopped.  So I estimated that rain to be totally worthless.

 

It also did happen right when I was about at the half-way point of my run/walk so I got a really nice soaking.  This was not a good rain either, it was quite a warm rain and after it stopped it only made things even more humid.  I was in the park on some trails and could see the 'steam' rising from the plants, etc., post-rain because of the humidity, it was like running in a hot-house.  Heck, I think even a part of my soaked running shirt was steaming a bit between me sweating like crazy and the humidity and the temp being a nice 88 degrees, with a dewpoint in the 70s, gaaack.  Never-the-less, I managed to get in 5K distance and I did feel pretty strong on for my whole run/walk, which was nice.

 

Funny at one point, though.  This park is quite near Fort Sam Houston.   As I was going down one trail, I heard the music from the military base playing retreat. So being 'conditioned' after 24 years of military service, I stopped, faced the music, put my hand on my heart, and waited for it to finish.  While I was standing there, a park police guy came by, saw me with my hand on my heart and asked if I was having chest pains. 

 

Rest day today and tomorrow I have a 5K in the morning.  My 29th race of 2014.  I am also leaving work early today for a dentist appointment.  Not looking forward to it cuz I think I may have a cavity in my back tooth.  Well, at my age, I guess I should just be happy to still have teeth. 

 

I used to have a t-shirt with this word on it. It took 3 lines. It's the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary.