I have always loved Hebrews 12:1-2! Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher… Continue reading How Teaching Yourself the Gospel Could Make You a Better Runner
Sometimes in life we have to make decisions that we wish we could avoid. Sometimes it challenges our pride and sometimes it challenges our heart. We come to a cross-road where we wonder which road to take. That is when you need to look back on your why’s and priorities… If you have them. The… Continue reading Your “A” Race – What is more important to you??
Fear says, “Look at how far you have left.” But Faith says, “Look at how far you’ve come.” Faith is of God. Fear is of the devil. You cannot have one while you have the other. One will rule, while the other cries. Faith pleases God. Fear delights the devil. Faith consists of trusting God… Continue reading It’s Your Choice – Faith or Fear??
Have you ever set yourself up to accomplish a goal or task and half way through wondered why you’re doing it? That's what I've been thinking for the last few days - Why am I training to run 26.2 miles?? People have said it doesn't matter what your "why" is, you just need to have… Continue reading Marathon Training – Knowing Your Why
How Being Intuitive can Change your Life I came across this phrase while listening to a podcast about a month ago and absolutely loved it! Seek to understand rather than to be understood! Wow, how powerful! Not only can this be used in human to human connections, but in understanding our body and soul. I… Continue reading Seek to Understand Rather than to be Understood
Let's be Real... It's Not! “I wish I could eat healthy.” Have you ever said that? You know the drill. Start a diet excited. Get through the first week and crave something bad. Resistance only lasts so long before you have no desire to eat healthy anymore. You miss the doughnuts, pizza, ice-cream, candy, pop… … Continue reading How to Eat Healthy… It’s Easy!
Living out Your Dreams For about a year now I have been following Sara Hall and have been so totally inspired by her determination to enjoy the process before each one of her races. She talks quite often about how she counts it a gift and a blessing to train. Some runners have a difficult… Continue reading Enjoying the Build Up, Not Just the End
(How to) Be the Person God Created You to Be -Part 3 For the longest of times I was locked in the box of living up to other peoples’ standards and opinions of me. I was controlled by the slightest remarks and comments stated by others. I had to dress a certain way, eat a… Continue reading Wear Your Own Shoes
Taking Care of What God has Entrusted Us Within a two year period I was humiliated a few times on how I ran. Slow, bouncy, I looked like a dying chicken and I was about to fall over... someone even asked if I was the walker that they’d seen go by their tree stand. *face… Continue reading Be the Person God Created You to Be – pt.2
Life is full of similarities. But it is also full of differences. Within the first year of running, I researched a lot, and in the process came across a lot of runner quotes that made no sense to me. Things like, “They ask me, Why do you run? I ask them, Why don’t you?” Or,… Continue reading Runner vs. Non-Runner
Be Still and Run 