Have I said it a hundred times yet - I hate days off!!! But this week had to be an easy week with the little catch thingy in my back. Next week I should be back to my normal pace. I hope to cross the 11 mile mark. Since I moved I am having to recalculate and plan all my routes. I ran one yesterday that is exactly 5.5 miles. It's a big loop. So I figure my long run next week I will run it and then double back so that I do it twice. I am kinda excited about that since I have only a few weeks left until the half marathon! That puts me in safe range I think! Then the next week I'll run 13 - or that's the plan anyway.
Sometimes it feels like there is so many things to do just to run a few miles in the morning. You know, I have to eat right or I will run out of steam before I get to the end of the block. That's taken some tricky figuring for me too! Then there's the issue of hydration- a definite gotta do it right! And then I have to do some sort of cross training to have a well rounded muscle core... Finding the right clothes has been a challenge too! I finally figured out how to dress to run in the winter and now it's summer already! Back to T-shirts and shorts.. but with my ugly legs I gotta wear the right types of shorts... and I forgot that comfort isn't everything and the ones I really like have no pockets...and the list goes on..and on...and on...
Do you ever feel like trying to serve God is like that? You know - you master one thing and then when you go to mark it off the list you see that there are like 5 new things you forgot about! lol! Or you pick up the Bible and find it a long list of ridiculous requirements for serving Him? And sometimes going to church (which we do because it's on the list too...) is just as frustrating because they can so quickly add to our already lengthy list of things we have to do to please God...
Can I tell you that neither is really all that complicated? As for running - just get your butt out the door and take off! You'll love it! And as for God - He is not the one piling on all those crazy things you gotta do to please Him. Just serve Him ...get to know Him - it's really not that difficult He is just waiting for you to come to Him...that's all.
Sometimes it feels like there is so many things to do just to run a few miles in the morning. You know, I have to eat right or I will run out of steam before I get to the end of the block. That's taken some tricky figuring for me too! Then there's the issue of hydration- a definite gotta do it right! And then I have to do some sort of cross training to have a well rounded muscle core... Finding the right clothes has been a challenge too! I finally figured out how to dress to run in the winter and now it's summer already! Back to T-shirts and shorts.. but with my ugly legs I gotta wear the right types of shorts... and I forgot that comfort isn't everything and the ones I really like have no pockets...and the list goes on..and on...and on...
Do you ever feel like trying to serve God is like that? You know - you master one thing and then when you go to mark it off the list you see that there are like 5 new things you forgot about! lol! Or you pick up the Bible and find it a long list of ridiculous requirements for serving Him? And sometimes going to church (which we do because it's on the list too...) is just as frustrating because they can so quickly add to our already lengthy list of things we have to do to please God...
Can I tell you that neither is really all that complicated? As for running - just get your butt out the door and take off! You'll love it! And as for God - He is not the one piling on all those crazy things you gotta do to please Him. Just serve Him ...get to know Him - it's really not that difficult He is just waiting for you to come to Him...that's all.
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