Running out of Obstacle #1

Yestday I hit the pavement and caught the tail end of a beautiful stretch of warm and sunny weather. I've heard that this week it is supposed to get cold again as well as rainy. So, I was happy to get a great run in - 4 miles, my usual. My son has perked up and I was once again able to engage my mind on marathon thoughts.

I don't think I mentioned this, but early last week when I went to get my hair cut I heard a couple of the salon workers talking about marathon training. I just happened to bring in the marathon training book I've been reading and so naturally chimed in to their discussion. We learned that we are all hoping to complete our first marathon at the same race in April of 2007. Hmm, another little coincidence! That was fun and I'm sure I'll be in contact with them.

The other thing I learned from my dad was that he told me he heard it was supposed to be a mild winter. I've been wanting to know about that. I hope he heard accurately. Though I love snow, especially at Christmas time, for the sake of my training will sacrifice it for a mild winter especially when I need to get in those long runs. I guess we'll see.

Well, my goal for this week is to hone in on the training plan that will work best for me. I think I'll be taking another trip to the book store as well as look around online. The other thing I'd like to do is take the lectures I've been listening to on my ipod and sit down with a pen and paper and go through them when I'm not running. There are several things I want to convert from the physical to the spiritual to make it even more meaningful and inspiring to my personal training. Then I'd like to write them on my blog to encourage other fellow Christian runners. I am a runner, but more importantly I am a Christian runner who knows that God will seep into all areas of my life - even my running. There is no area of my life that God is not apart of! He is in everything if we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that responds. It is sad how some Christians lack a biblical worldview. They only see God in the sacred and not in the ordinary things of life. They see God on Sundays, but not on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, or Saturdays. The God of the Bible consumes me. Everything I am and everything I do, Christ permeates it. I am not my own. Every circumstance of my life, He is in, and He is there. Psalm 139 says it completely. Together we have "run" out of obstacle #1. And I am sure, together we will "run" through and out of others as I press forward towards the goal.