It was late April and I had just completed a grueling but exhilarating 50K trail race the week before as well as come off of a few months of injury. I had registered for the marathon almost a year ago and was looking forward to running this course for the third year in a row. My c...
Last night, I asked my husband this question: “What if I can’t finish the race?” He answered, “It’s not just about the race.It’s about the whole journey. You set a goal and worked hard to achieve it. Lots of people start marathons and don’t finish. Lots of people have b...
Quick shower then wolfed down the pancake and sausage from the race finish village (thank you race organizers – so much better than a banana), then we were off and running to unload our UBOX which had made the journey from California after being meticulously loaded three weeks prior. *see ...
In life, there are few certainties, but in the plan of God, there are some things that must happen. Every word of Scripture must be fulfilled. In this message, Pastor Lutzer offers a fresh view of how God sees all the challenges we face. In eternity, we’ll have complete understanding...
30 run to 1 minute walkbreak. As usual, I will set the pace. The goal for the group, especially this week is tofeel likeyou could run farther…but you’re not going to. Running more miles than scheduled is a recipe for injury. My goal is to get all of you through your race day...
“repeats” both in water and on land to train for pace and endurance. These repeats helped me to become mentally focused, self-disciplined, and physically tough. I think that the endurance that James talks about in the above scripture resembles what I learned as an athlete.It is simply ...
They help you hold onto your pace, or even run faster on race day. They prepare the body to run stronger when fatigue kicks in. They increase mental toughness in runners of all levels and abilities. They help you tune in and feel the pace. ...
(one triplet for each footfall). To my astonishment and delight, I discovered that God, in a sense, wrote his trinity into the human footfall. I was further inspired to share this with your Christian Runners site in honor of the Scripture of John and Peter running to the empty tomb (...
As I again drift down a rabbit hole ofBoston Marathon momentsand memories, I remember the speech then-President Barack Obama gave at the 2013 memorial service for the victims of the bombings. In it, he quoted scripture: “Run with endurance the race that is set before us.” ...
In reading about Rosie, we can think of all the people we know who want to get in on the finish but who cleverly arrange not to run the race. They appear in church on Sunday wreathed in smiles, entering into the celebration, but there is no personal life that leads up to it or ou...