Singer who runs a smidge
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." And some penguins don't run at all, we just hang out for the company! 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!)
When it's all said and done, no one remembers how far we have run. The only thing that matters is how we have loved.
Turns out it's National Ask a Stupid Question Day. So I'll give you one of mine: I was driving home one day and saw a little dog trotting merrily down the road. I passed him, then pulled into a church parking lot and waited for him to catch up with me. As I was petting him and looking for a collar, a pickup truck pulled into the lot. A guy hopped out of the truck and came over to me and the dog and said, "I saw him going down the road, is he yours?" I doofishly replied, "No, is he yours?"
Luckily the guy did not call me an idiot, and took the dog to a friend of his that ran a kennel.
Anyway, I got home quite late from quartet last night (we ran over about half an hour), so I bagged this morning's run in favor of sleep. I might shift this morning's run to tomorrow morning, we'll see.
Woo-hoo!!
HopesMom - enjoy your rest day. I hope you can get out tomorrow.
We're expecting torrential rains tonight and tomorrow, so I'm hoping to do a 7 or 8 mile run this afternoon, assuming the rain doesn't begin early.
Penguin Power!
Well, the kitchen is 90% packed. Not too bad. I feel like the kitchen is the worst room - so much irregularly shaped stuff, most of it is breakable. I don't think I'll have time to run today, sadly :-(
Upcoming Races: Run as One 4M (4/24) * Japan Run 4M (5/8) * Brooklyn Half (5/21)
The hard part about packing up the kitchen is you need to leave out enough stuff to get by until the actual move. If it's more than a few days, that's actually a lot. There's also all that stuff that you never use, but keep because some day you might need it.