Barking Mad To Run
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!)v
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Multipotent - having the power to do many things.
So will you feel multipotent as you shop from website to website for this Cyber Monday? Good luck for those searching for those online deals!
Back to work for me this morning after 5 days off, and about a ton of e-mails to go through, which is why I came in early today.
I had a very active Thanksgiving holiday, with 3 5Ks done...LOTS of photos so these report pages might take a while to load :
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/aab2c0f9364e4da68d7b4dd0e7ff834a/resume#focus
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/a443fdf8fb35441eaa7f9fa5cd084ecb/resume#focus
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/e1e826f80d02439cb6cdf6d607672cd6/resume#focus
Nice college football weekend for me too...
Alabama (can't stand 'em) lost to Auburn
Texas A&M (can't stand 'em) lost to Missouri
Michigan (can't stand 'em..or Michigan State either) lost to Ohio
Bad NFL weekend though....my idiot Texans and idiot Redskins both blew it in the 4th quarter.
Rest day for me today.
Fear is a Liar
Good Morning Penguins!
Scored some concert tickets on Saturday in a VIP suite at the event center which is about 4 miles from my house. The seats were awesome - recliners with a great stage view. It also included free beer, wine, soda, and snacks!
Running was both bad and good. Saturday was a craptastic 9 miler during which I seriously thought about quitting running. Sunday I gave myself a range of 6-12 miles depending on how I felt after the concert and free beer and wine. While I was running I figured I needed about 13 miles to make 50 for the week. So I ran 13.1 miles in 1:55 and also got my 50 for the week - woo hoo!
I'm so vegetarian I don't even eat animal crackers!
Return To Racing
Good morning Scott, Gus, and Pengs. Can't say as I am very Multipotent.
Good job on the 13.1 and 50, Gus.
Short recovery run after work and maybe I'll hit the gym too. Feeling good after 10 miler yesterday.
Congrats to the weekend racers !!!
Have a great Cyber Monday.
Smaller By The Day
I'm back, and I can't wait to get caught up. I woke up just in time to get ready for work though. I'll catch up later.
Improvements
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
Just back from Lego land. Drizzling for the whole day but we had fun.
2015 Races
2XU HM - 29 Mar
Morning! SRD for me.
We have not seen the sun since last Thursday. At least it's not inches of rain but rather centimeters. But the deluges are occurring all day.
Damaris
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Hi Pens.
SRD for me and I am going for a massage later today. It will be painful but good.
on my way to badass
Still waiting for the perfect race picture. 5K PR-33:52 , 10K PR 1:11:16, First HM 2:42:28
5K Specialist
Hello all. I am going to run a few miles tonight.
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)
Morning all! Done with my rest week, and back in town. Now getting ready for a busy work week- boo!
Scotty- Love that picture of you that you posted! You look so happy to be out there getting chased by all of those great legs!
Gustav- Congrats on the concert tickets! What show? WTG on the 50, too! That's awesome!
Jerry- Feeling good after 10 is good news!
Awood- Hope you enjoyed the good old pacific NW!
Bin- Glad to see you were able to get around and enjoy the day with family. That says a lot for your marathon preparation.
D- Enjoy the RD, and congrats to you and Mr. Rocket for this weekend's racing!
Jack- Enjoy the massage! I meant to schedule one, too, but still haven't called.
StoneFence- Congrats on the new Garmin!
Dan- I vote for you taking it easy this week.
Gustav, congrats on the 50 mile week! I got my first one too.
Scotty, it was definitely an exciting football weekend. What's this rumor about Saben coming to Texas?
Jerry, nice 10.
Bin, how are the legs feeling?
Awood, welcome back.
Damaris, Does hubby have a bigger running bug now that he smashed his goal?
Stone, enjoy the Garmin!
Jack, have a good rest day.
Dan, enjoy the miles.
Zel, boo for busy work weeks. This is me every week.
I'm back on nights this week, 6 days, 12 hour shifts. Mileage wise, I think the schedule has me around 26 for the week. I'm about to head out for 4-5.
Well, he has a HM every month, so yes?
Don't know where he got that bug from.
Singer who runs a smidge
Hi Penguins!! Sorry I've been MIA, but the health issues I'd been having kind of blew up in my face last week. I'd been having this really itchy rash all over, plus swollen lymph nodes, and last Sunday evening I started having trouble breathing and felt like I was going to pass out. So I got DH to take me to the ER, and they ended up admitting me to the hospital for a couple of days. After a freakin' lot of blood draws and multiple visits by docs in multiple specialties, they finally decided that I was having a bad reaction to the anti-inflammatory I'd been taking for runner's knee. So they kicked me loose from the hospital the day before Thanksgiving, and now I'm on prednisone to clear out my system. I'm feeling better, though not 100% yet, but I am finally back at work and such. I have a follow-up doc appt tomorrow afternoon, which hopefully he'll tell me I can stop the prednisone and be normal again. No more anti-inflammatories!!
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.
Sounds rough, Hope. Glad to hear you're on the mend.