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Rosella’s Dilemma

As the sky began to darken so did Rosella's heart. The sun was setting much too quickly... she's getting desperate!

As A Person, Life, Racing, Relax, Training the Mind

How God uses the Complexities of our Brains and the Wisdom of His Spirit to Draw us Back to Himself

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”Psalm 17:15 The other morning, while enjoying an easy four miler, I noticed a farm truck approaching a two-way stop at an intersection, the same one I would soon be at.  I am always leery as… Continue reading How God uses the Complexities of our Brains and the Wisdom of His Spirit to Draw us Back to Himself

As A Person, Be You, Charater Qualities, Holidays, Life, Our Focus, pain, recovery, Training the Mind

How to Run for Excellence Rather than Perfection

Running to the best of your ability is way more enjoyable and realistic than shooting for an impossible picture of perfectionism.

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My First Full Marathon Training and Race Recap

Ya’ll I can’t even begin to explain how great this journey has been!  I had originally planned on running a Half-Marathon in the year 2020 but because of Covid, that got canceled.  Then this year, 2021, I planned on running the same Half-Marathon from 2020.  But no, God had other plans!  Great plans!!  Before I… Continue reading My First Full Marathon Training and Race Recap

As A Person, faith, Training the Mind

How Teaching Yourself the Gospel Could Make You a Better Runner

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

Charater Qualities, Cross Training, faith, marathon, pain

Do you do Resistance Training or do you Resist Training?

One afternoon my dad picks up my bag of resistance bands and asks me what they are.  After I tell him, his reply was simple, true, and yet hilarious: “Oh, you do resistance training and I resist training!”  In that moment I realized something. We have a choice.  We either train or we don’t.  There… Continue reading Do you do Resistance Training or do you Resist Training?

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Marathon Training

What am I getting myself in to???? Never did I imagine I would be training for a marathon.  EVER!  My first goal was to run down to our stop sign (.75 miles) and back.  I didn’t want to do any more.  Well… once I accomplished that, all I wanted to do was a 5k (3.1… Continue reading Marathon Training

As A Person, Be Still, Love, Relax

Relaxing

Looking back on the Past, while Leaning on Christ for the Future As the New Year of 2020 played out, I couldn’t help but wonder if I was doing it all wrong.  Where my goals really something I wanted to do?  After praying about them for two months and never getting an answer I thought… Continue reading Relaxing

Be Still, faith, Life, pain, Training the Mind, Uncategorized

Is it Really Worth it?

When the pain makes you question and doubt whether God's calling on Your life is worth it, what is your response?

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What is More Painful than an Injury?

Taken by Allison Dougherty If you have ever exercised for an extended amount of time, you know that injuries are bound to happen sometime down the road.  Have you ever gotten an injury that seemed to be more painful during recovery than when it actually happened?  Most recoveries are painful, that’s just the way God… Continue reading What is More Painful than an Injury?