Running Week Total = 12

Well, I haven't done this in a while, but yesterday I squeezed in a 4 mile run which made my week total come to 12 miles! However, I did not get in the 5 mile run this past week I was hoping to do. Rats! I know if I hadn't been crunched for time yesterday, I could have ran 5. I had a good run yesterday. The weather was fairly cooperative. But I just didn't have the time I needed. Maybe this week.

I did get a return of my "runner's gut" issue this past week. This does not make me very happy. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it. Just when I want to increase my distance! I need to watch my diet better, which I've not been doing and get back on some herbs and minerals I was taking but ran out of.

I am happy though to have put in 12 miles this week. I remember when I was easily putting in 20 miles a week. How I would love to return to that! I am also happy to say that I have not battled any sore throats for the longest time! What a blessing that has been.

Last night at church we focused on one of my favorite chapters of the Bible. It was Psalm 119! I'll end this entry with one of my favorite verses from that chapter. Psalm 119:32 says, "I shall run the way of Thy commandments, for Thou wilt enlarge my heart." Running a week's total of 12 miles does good to the heart. But running the way of God's commandments does even better for the heart!