Monday motivation from The Penguin

Suzanne Nenni Clark

Something to remember for sure!

John "The Penguin" Bingham

Monday motivation: Never compare your race times. You can't run the same race twice. You can't possibly recreate the exact circumstances on race day. You can't have the same weather, the same people around you, the same amount of sleep, food, or sports drink. You just can't.

New clothes, new record!

Sunday morning runs are the best!  And this morning was my most successful run yet (although another tinkling accident in my new LuLu pants!).

New LuLuLemon pants and Athleta top
(A gift from Jody)

All running, no walk breaks!

Some impressive elevations!

Speaks for itself!

Still on my way to 10K

I'm back to running regularly and registered for my next race - Hudepohl 7K which is part of Hudepohl 14K Brewery Run in Cincinnati on September 21st!

Today I exercised 62min total, with a 40min long distance run, and got the 10K Finalist badge.
used the 10K Runner app 

Running with my girl again!

Great, long, run with Jody!  Over four miles!!

One well-earned magnet... gone!

Today I ordered a new magnet.  I can't believe it meant so much to me but I bought a magnet at MoJo Running right after finishing the Red Legs Run.  It was on the back of my car and someone stole it Sunday while we were at the ball game.

So today I found one on Amazon and bought it.  It is a little different and I like it but the first one was my first one!  And I'm sad that someone took it.  If I could tell them one thing it would be "Do you realize that you stole the hard-earned magnet from a 55-year old woman who quit smoking and started running almost eight months ago?"  It meant a lot to me!

My first magnet looked like this:

This is my new magnet:

Moving right along

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." 
-Joshua J. Marine

After a trip to Kansas City and the disappointment of not being able to run outside, I'm back in the saddle today!  I completed the next 10K app run successfully.

I had all my running gear and was up to run Monday morning with my friend Tim but the rain forced us inside on the treadmills instead. On Tuesday we wimped out and decided to visit the bar instead.  Wednesday morning wasn't an option.

Anyway, I feel great to be able to pick up where I left off.

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