Former Bad Ass
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!)
Damaris
Morning! I have an RD.
I'm not sure what I'm doing. It's supposed to be a cross-training day, so I may talk Jim into going for a short hike. Or I may just do a short run and do xt tomorrow. We're having a warm spell here - 80s both days - so I want to be outdoors one way or another.
Singer who runs a smidge
Morning!! My mom has hip replacement surgery today at 1:15, and I'm scrambling to get things done at work today and tomorrow so we can go down and spend a week helping out. I'm hoping I'll get it all done, but no promises!! Maybe I'll take my computer with me and do a little long-distance working. So crazy today, crazy tomorrow plus a chorus budget meeting, and then traveling on Wednesday!
Docket -- have a good RD!!
Ginny -- enjoy the hike!!
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.
Ginny, good luck with whichever you end up doing.
Hope'sMom, I'll be thinking of your mom.
Mom is out of surgery, all is well. She should be out of recovery in another hour or so.
HM - Does your Mom have someone there to help her for the first few weeks or is she going to a rehab facility? I don't know about hips, but Jim was pretty helpless the first week or two after knee replacement. He could go to the bathroom, but that was it. He had a lot of pain so I ended up making a lot of trips to the pharmacy.
We ended up going to one of the state parks to explore a new trail that isn't on the park map. It was a nice 6.5 mile walk in the woods. Only a few flowers and no leaves yet, but it felt like spring.
Glad to hear, Hope!