Ever been there? I am in a time crunch right now. I just realized that the half marathon is a little over a month away. I need to run the distance at least once for my own mental health! It's part of my strategy. That way race day I can tell myself It's okay - you've done this before! But now I am crunched...
I am still sore from my 10 mile which means I am afraid I'm gonna hurt myself if I push on; but equally afraid I won't get my long run in this week and then I'll never be able to work up to the needed distance! ugh! Then I have the 5K next week - which takes a totally different mind set...then only 4 weeks to race day and usually you are supposed to be tapering off just before the race! ...it's crunch time!!
So how do I battle on? I sign up for the Chicago half marathon!! That means this half is only part of my training for the big one! lol! I can then see it all as one big race season rather then simply training for the half. It makes it easier to break it in to pieces and see the little parts making up the whole. Each are being built up into this big picture that will make the season fun and challenging - and even more relaxed all at the same time.
With Christianity - sometimes we look at each thing as huge. Jesus told us to not worry about tomorrow that each day has enough trouble of its own! So my decision in running is to do the best I can with each day as it is a step toward the whole. And Christianity is the same way. We cannot take a look at the Bible and see it as overwhelmingly huge and unattainable. But if I can take each piece as I learn it and apply it to my life - I will eventually reach the whole.
I am still sore from my 10 mile which means I am afraid I'm gonna hurt myself if I push on; but equally afraid I won't get my long run in this week and then I'll never be able to work up to the needed distance! ugh! Then I have the 5K next week - which takes a totally different mind set...then only 4 weeks to race day and usually you are supposed to be tapering off just before the race! ...it's crunch time!!
So how do I battle on? I sign up for the Chicago half marathon!! That means this half is only part of my training for the big one! lol! I can then see it all as one big race season rather then simply training for the half. It makes it easier to break it in to pieces and see the little parts making up the whole. Each are being built up into this big picture that will make the season fun and challenging - and even more relaxed all at the same time.
With Christianity - sometimes we look at each thing as huge. Jesus told us to not worry about tomorrow that each day has enough trouble of its own! So my decision in running is to do the best I can with each day as it is a step toward the whole. And Christianity is the same way. We cannot take a look at the Bible and see it as overwhelmingly huge and unattainable. But if I can take each piece as I learn it and apply it to my life - I will eventually reach the whole.
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