Some thoughts on faith and running
So I know that a lot of my more recent posts have focused on my running and my faith coinciding. I think part of it is that there is time to think when I am running (I have to do something to distract myself from the fact that I'm running!), and part of it is that there are so many comparisons to be made. Maybe that's why Paul used that example so much. At any rate, here are 2 lessons that I have learned this week... 1. Just do it: Monday I really didn't want to run, but I hadn't run all weekend, and I knew I needed to get a decent run in. So I decided to do 6 miles. But deciding it and doing it are 2 different battles. I decide to run all the time - and change my mind, or decide to do it later instead. But Monday, I was not going to let myself get away with that. So I finally made it to the treadmill, and the first 2.5 miles were not fun. I felt tight and not good, I kept changing my mind about how far I was going to run because honestly, I just was not