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 Bin.   Hope cough goes away soon.  Short run today due to heat.  Still on on streak since Aug 6.

Good morning penguins.

Bin, it sounds to me like you need to rest for a couple of days, and give your body a chance to fight whatever is causing your cough.

Jerry, Scotty -- enjoy the day!

AFM -- 5-6 mile fartlek run planned for tonight.  Hopefully I only have a four day work week.  I'm trying to talk DH into taking Friday off so we can get up to the mountains early, but he wants to work Friday.

Nice weekend of running for me. 

Saturday, I went to explore the running area around another of our regional YMCAs.  This one is in Boerne, TX, about 30 minutes from San Antonio.  What a nice area to run in!  I headed out from the Y on some nearby local streets, connected with 'Trail 9', a running trail that used to be an old railroad line for Train 9,  hence the name of the trail.  This trail took me to the local city park, and one of the park roads took me to Cibolo Nature Center, which has some really nice off-road trails.

So I was running on one of those trails and then I hear someone ahead of me shout "Scottydog, you better hurry up, the girls are catching up to you!"  What the heck?  I look behind me and there are about 50 to 60 or so high-school age girls chasing me.  Ahead of me there was a small tent sent up and underneath that were water  coolers, folks in chairs doing timing, checking, etc., and the guy who had called to me, a guy I knew from local San Antonio races. I stopped to chat with him - and to get the heck out of the way of the girls - and found out there was a summer X-country meet going on of girls' teams from several various high schools around the area, using the city park and the Cibolo Nature trails, and my bud was one of the organizers of the meet.  So when I came ran onto the Cibolo Nature trails, I got caught right in it, lol.    My bud was laughing and said "Only you, Scotty, could go for a run and find 60 girls to chase you."     My friend let me get some water from a cooler, we had a nice chat, and we cheered all the young ladies on as they passed us by.  Very pleasant interlude in my run.

Then I was off again on my own run.  I did a bit of x-country myself, going across the park grass, making sure not to interfere with ladies on their course, and got back onto Trail 9.  From there I went back to the Y on River Road, which was a very pleasant experience, going alongside a river to my left.  Very pretty area with grassy banks, walkway with picnic tables for people to sit and enjoy the day and the river, restrooms and water fountains along the way, ducks and geese near the water, and so forth.  I finally got back to the Y, initially having planned when I first left the Y to do an easy 3 miles or so, 34 minute run and I ended up with 50 minutes and 4.5 miles of running and exploring...and had a blast doing it.  Trails, scenic river area, chased by girls...Very nice outing, and will definitely run this area again.

Sunday followed that run up with my 48th race of 2013, a 5K which I ended up finishing in 33:37, surprising myself by doing under 11-minute miles, even with my photo stops and a big hill to climb near the finish.  Report and photos here:   http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/2afe426514e340e58dae8361956571dd/resume#focus

Today after work, Gail and I are heading to a local Y to do a weight training session.

Pictures, Scott ???

Dang, Bin, still coughing, back muscle strain...what the heck are you doing to yourself over there?  Maybe you should take a week or two off and let your body 'regroup'.

Chicago is finally getting heat, Jerry?   Guess we traded off...San Antonio is cooling down a bit now.   Only will be in the low 90s this week for highs, which means I can do after-work running this week instead of that early morning stuff.  No photos from Saturday, Jerry, didn't have my camera with me.  Wish I had, though, it's very pretty up there.

Good luck with your fartleks, Philly.   Hope you get your wish for your 4-day workweek.  Why in the world would anyone WANT to work on Friday? 

Good luck with your miles, Damaris.  Hope you feel better.   I watched this show last night on Masterpiece Theater called "Silks."  About the British judicial system.  Good show, odd system, IMHO.  Well, whatever works for them, right.  All the attorneys wear wigs in court...which got me imagining you as an attorney in one of those wigs, lol...

Congrats on your running, Mitch and on your 7K race....your 7K time is about my 5K time, lol.  8:44 is an easy pace and not pushing it?  I wish!   So, even injured, you still run faster than me, lol.

Morning, penguins!  Today I work, and then I work at my other job, and then I get to run 4-6.  Everybody is "officially" back today, and we have- an all-day meeting.  Joy!  I get to present for one hour of it.  I have lots of comics in my PowerPoint to at least make my part tolerable.

I haven't. I used to have asthma when I'm a kid. It go away when I hit puberty. Maybe I should go read up on this. Is there many level of asthma which I'm on the lowest level? No doctor has suggested asthma either.

have you considered asthma?  I used to have coughs for months especially after colds.  Longest one I had lasted for 6 months.