Fear is a Liar
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 caommon 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!)
I'm so vegetarian I don't even eat animal crackers!
Back to work for me this morning. My schedule has changed, for now it's 8 hour days/6 days per week. I did 3.65 yesterday that felt rough, my legs continue to feel like poo.
Morning Gus.
Former Bad Ass
Morning! 6 recovery miles tonight.
Hershey is doing well, Trixie is OK but awaiting the results from the biopsy, and Daisy is not eating much (lost 6 lbs in the last 3 months) so I am force feeding her to see if it is her own doing or whether she is sick. These kitties are making me worry too much.
Damaris
Morning, Gus, Mitch & Damaris..
4+5M double done. Sweat seem to do ok with the cut. Applied a little vaseline just in case. Part of the scab fell off by itself after shower..
2015 Races
2XU HM - 29 Mar
Morning all. I assembled 4 miles this morning.
From the Internet.
Hi pens! Preparing to enjoy my first real day off this week. Cleaning, 2ish miles on the treadmill at the gym once coffee and breakfast have settled, thinking about making meatballs and a vat of sauce this afternoon. Christmas with my family yesterday was fun. My DD had a hard time keeping her mouth shut about other people's gifts, which was too cute and hilarious... "If you ruin the surprise it's no fun. This is for you, it's headphones! ... We were going to get you a cookie jar and dog treats for your puppy so we did! Don't worry, I won't tell the dog."
Morning! We had a nice Christmas yesterday. There were 12 people and 7 dogs at my MIL's house, so it was an adventure!
I also went out for an easy 5-miler. Legs are close to feeling back to normal. I think I'll probably run 6 at some point today.
Gustav- Thanks for getting us started!
Mitch- Hope the legs feel better with some more time off.
D- Yuk! Sorry you're having to worry about all of those sick kitties at once! Still hoping for good biopsy results.
Bin- Glad you got some good runs in!
OFS- Enjoy the snowy run! Is your wife a member here too?
PAD- Nice assembly!
Lauren- How funny! How old is your DD?
Zel - she turns 5 on Monday!
Perfect age for enjoying Christmas then!
5K Specialist
Busy day scheduled. Lunch, Dallas Children's Aquarium, and a 4-5 mile run.
Personal Bests:
800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)
Return To Racing
Morning Gus, Mitch, Damaris, Bin, OFS, PAD, Lauren, Zel and Dan and Pengs. At work to finish my 15 hour week with nothing to do. Might try a short run later, but back is still sore. Got new Guide 7's for Christmas and Yaxtrax for both of us. Trouble is that our bike path is so rutted with frozen footprints, it's impossible to even walk on, so probably staying on the street (not with the new Guide's).
Hi, 'guins!
Tonight is the last chance to run in the Metrodome before they demolish it, so I'm going to do my 4 miles there. It's free parking, $1 entrance, and nice and warm! I'm excited. Hilariously, the cutoff for "slow" runners is 7 min/mile.
Call me Ray (not Ishmael)
Amazonian Princess
G'morning, and ooof, I can't believe I ate so much yesterday! If I wasn't eating then I was napping - so unhealthy, but damn, so nice to do once in a great while
Plan to hit the track tonight and hoping right forefoot is no longer angry with me. I wore these cuuuute pointy-toed suede boots on Tuesday that were much too narrow, then went for a run after work and had to stop early because of the pain in my right foot whenever I landed on it. Also took a look at my Adrenaline's and found they've gotten too squishy and I've been lacing them tighter to compensate. Sometimes, I'm just not that bright At least I have a new pair waiting since I bought some on clearance a while back.
Have a great day!
I can. I will. I am.