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!)

HopesMom - definitely an ambitious project.  Have fun with it.  Nice that you can take a short week and make it shorter.

I only met with a PT once, asking for some exercises to help me deal with the hamstring issue. They helped.  DH had good luck with his PT and his ongoing knee/ITB problem.  Unfortunately, if you don't continue the exercises, the benefit goes away.

Another hot day here, so I'll be back on the TM for 5 or 6 miles. A funny thing happened yesterday when I was running.  DH's phone had a low battery so it was chirping.  The dog goes nuts when he hears the sound of either the phone or smoke detectors chirping. So all of a sudden, he comes barreling into the basement and tries to run between my legs, on the TM, backwards.  He went flying.  Then he raced upstairs to where the phone was making noise, then came running back down and did it again. Wham, same result. Ben was tossed off the machine (and I was holding on for dear life!). I headed upstairs and put the phone on the charger, while he ran around the house, trying to dig his way through the walls, the shower and the garage door to get at the noisy chirper. Oddly enough, at 4 a.m. the smoke alarm began to chirp and he went nuts again, this time jumping up on the bed and across the bedside table. After we disconnected the alarms, it took about 1/2 hour before he calmed down.  Yikes.

Ginny, I also go nuts when the smoke/CO2 detectors chirp and I can't figure out which one it is.

HsM, I went to Athletico PT once for a free evaluation.  They gave me some exercises and it helped.

5.9 sweaty run/walk miles in the forest preserve.  Thankfully, a few sprinkles kept the cyclists off the trail.  Wimps !!!

Jill - the weird thing is the chirp isn't a very loud noise.  I think it sounds like a chipmunk to him, and he is desperate to find it. Ben doesn't do well with fireworks. This year on 4 July we were in a campground in Valdez, AK where the fireworks began around 2 pm and continued until 2 am.  He was okay for the quieter ones, but the really loud bangs upset him badly. He tried to dig his way through the walls and there was nothing we could do to calm him down.  Since we were already 4 miles outside of town, we didn't know where we could go to be away from the noise.  Besides, we kept thinking it would stop.