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!)

Here's how my run went this morning:

1. My Garmin watch was frozen on the time - no big deal. Run without time today. That's a healthy thing to do from time to time (ha ha!).
2. What no gum? Ok, fine. I'm not going that far this morning - just 4 miles and it's nice and cool. I can manage with a dry throat.
3. My tights keep falling down. I haven't worn these since last fall and they keep dropping to my tush and sagging. I didn't want to get too far from home, so turned around to do the neighborhood loop that keeps me close -- just in case I can't take britch hitch any longer.
4. A big ole friendly dog starts to follow me that is obviously a runaway. By now, I'm pretty close to home. He keeps following me, so I stop to check his tag and maybe call his owner. He's friendly, slobbery and stinky, which means I am now slobbery and stinky - and still friendly, too. 

There's my driveway. I'm calling it done. After a very stressful day yesterday, this comedy of errors is just what I needed to reboot my mood along with my Garmin.

Have a great day everyone!!

Here's how my run went this morning:

1. My Garmin watch was frozen on the time - no big deal. Run without time today. That's a healthy thing to do from time to time (ha ha!).
2. What no gum? Ok, fine. I'm not going that far this morning - just 4 miles and it's nice and cool. I can manage with a dry throat.
3. My tights keep falling down. I haven't worn these since last fall and they keep dropping to my tush and sagging. I didn't want to get too far from home, so turned around to do the neighborhood loop that keeps me close -- just in case I can't take britch hitch any longer.
4. A big ole friendly dog starts to follow me that is obviously a runaway. By now, I'm pretty close to home. He keeps following me, so I stop to check his tag and maybe call his owner. He's friendly, slobbery and stinky, which means I am now slobbery and stinky - and still friendly, too. 

There's my driveway. I'm calling it done. After a very stressful day yesterday, this comedy of errors is just what I needed to reboot my mood along with my Garmin.

 

Have a great day everyone!!

Well, Kathleen if your tights do fall down, at least nobody would run away in horror like they would if my shorts fell down.     You had quite an interesting run!  Now I want to meet the slobbery you and the slobbery dog! 

Lauren, hope your run went well and your congestion clears up!

Morning. 4 this morning, warmup & tempo. Group tonight.

Hi Pens.

I got a massage yesterday and it hurt sooooooo good! I will try for some miles later today and hopefully some faster ones at MP (not that I'm doing a marathon). Well, it's still up in the air if I am going to jog/walk the marathon or race/jog the HM. On my last long run I remember thinking "26 miles is a long freakin' way!"

Ginny: DW has been getting calf cramps. This week she is loading up on bananas and kiwis.

Kathleen - Time for some new tights for you.  Were you able to call the dog's owner?  I ran into a dog on a run a month or two ago and we had to call the County dog license people and give them the number on the tag to find the dog's address.  It wasn't far, and he could have found his way home, but it was a busy street and we didn't want him injured or killed.

Lauren - if you're only using Gatorade, you might want to water it down a bit.  Full strength is a bit strong for me when I'm running.  At the race ion Sunday it was just right, but I alternated water and Gatorade. Have a good run.

Scotty - sounds like perfect weather for a run.

Z - enjoy your 6-10 tonight.

PAD - have fun with the group tonight.

Jack - OJ has a lot of potassium too.  You know you're going to run the full, don't you?  Just as you ran LA before your debut marathon, just for fun, I can see you running this one easy, because it's what you really want to do.

sapf - I hope the allergies ease up so you can enjoy your miles later.  Do you take anything for them?

Jerry - enjoy your short run.

AFM:  another rest day.  I can walk better, but still no stairs.  Walking Ben should help, though I'm not looking forward to the hills on the long loop.

Ginny -- have a good RD, and hopefully walking Ben works out some of the kinks!!

Ginny - I did half Gatorade, half water. Only took a couple swigs, just wanted to make sure it wouldn't make me ill and it seemed OK - I'll probably carry the same mix on my long run this weekend too just to be sure. I'm at that funny goal time range where I worry that I'll be wiped out by the end of the race if I take in nothing, but won't be on my feet long enough to really need a gel (and at that effort level the idea of a gel makes me want to barf anyway :X ).

11 done, 2 warmup, 8 at 8:20 average on more hills than my race will have, 1 cooldown. First long tempo where I was more worried about how my stomach will feel on race day than how my legs were feeling in the moment - they just did their job, one foot in front of the other, no complaints at all