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!)

We're doing one or the other right...either thrivin' or strivin'!  And sometimes both.

Hope everyone is thriving!  As for striving......what are you striving for today?

I am striving for about 4 miles today after work, probably at Fort Sam Houston.   Will be a very easy run along my "Dog Alley" route on which I hand out treats to my many canine pals in the family housing area.  It will be a 'cool' 86 degrees, but the humidity will be only 25% and the dew-point will be at 44, so should be very comfortable.

My legs will appreciate an easy run after last night's events.  Went to one of my favorite parks and found a trail I'd never been on before.  A cyclist was coming off the trail and I asked him if the trail came out on the other side of the park.  He said the trail was kind of like a 'maze', lots of trails interconnecting and I'd be going 'in circles' for while until I finally figured it out and took the correct path that would bring me back out the paved trail in the park.  He wasn't kidding either...I did end up going in circles for a bit and coming back out to where I'd just been a little while before.  And the terrain was crazy....sometimes rocky, sometimes really nice smooth trail, sometimes uphill at steep inclines, sometimes gentle slopes...it was nuts!  And very much fun!   Except for the part where I missed seeing a low-hanging branch in front of me at about shoulder level and whacked right into it, knocking myself down.....  owwwww...        bit of a scrape on my knee and slight bruise on my shoulder, but no serious harm done.  I finally did find my way back to the paved trail - whew! - and continued on through the rest of the park.  Ended up with 4.2 miles and tired legs....but the 'good' kind of tired.  A really challenging but fun workout.

Scotty, nice 4.2 on the maze trail. Good job.

Jerry, are your trails still flooded? Enjoy your taper. What's your goal for Sunday? Besides trying to keep up with mrs Jerry?

I'm back from the Smokies. Had a great time. Lots of hiking in the Mtns. I have not run in 1 week and I have no desire to. I need a kick in the pants. We have perfect running weather right now too.

I can still feel tingles and burning in my right arch at times so I'm afraid the PF is here to stay until I can figure it out.

Morning, Penguins!!  Late night last night with quartet rehearsal, although we had a good time.  Chorus rehearsal tonight, and we're showing a DVD, so I have to lug in my laptop, speaker, the chorus projector, power strip, various cables, extension cord, etc.  Luckily I have my very own sherpa (DH) to help!

Docket -- enjoy your Pilates!!

Scotty -- love the light/dark penguin!!  Sorry about the close encounter with the tree, but glad you had fun!!

Jerryb -- have a good Thriday run!!

traci -- Glad you had fun in the Smokies, but boo for your arch!!

Brilliant -- have a good day, whichever you decide!!

Good morning Penguins!

Got up this morning and did an Insanity ab workout. I'm pretty sure I'll want to rip them off later on today. I had to reschedule my run to today because work got a little crazy yesterday (ended up working late and then didn't have the energy when I got home). Should have known better though. When we (military) are in an exercise, my work schedule can get kind of crazy and sometimes do not know I am working late until the time to go home has already passed. Oh, and I did mention it was finals week for my college course?! All in a day's work though!

Well, I hope everyone has a thrivin' Thursday!

Hi Pens.

I did some fast miles last night on the track and it felt good to run hard again. It seemed like forever. Tonight is the college fair so we are taking DD and after that I will run 35 minutes with some strides.

Bye for now.

I'm the chorus techno-woman.  If it involves technology, I'm apparently the only one who knows how to handle it.  This is why I handle the chorus website, FB page, Twitter feed, Meetup group, scrip program, YouTube channel, ordering of name badges and signage, and storage of the chorus projector. 

Ginny: So far so good. Right now I have NO soreness or fatigue and I am ready for my run later tonight.