Running is amazing but like all things you have to be on guard for things that can get in your way or hinder you from being the best runner you can be. Diet, sleep, running mates, shoes, gear, stray animals, weather, training plans, overtraining, undertraining, strangers, or even the running playlist you create. If don’tContinue reading “Who Hindered You?”
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Run With Confidence
Sometimes when you are running, you’ve trained and fueled so well you think you firmly can set an amazing personal record (PR). You are so excited and confident, you think can run through a wall so to speak. It’s quite an amazing feeling. Because God is our fuel, strength, trainer, coach, cheerer, and aid station,Continue reading “Run With Confidence”
God’s Perfect Aid Station
There are times when running long runs that every step takes everything from you. Exhaustion and pain become your uninvited running partners. The beating your feet take is enormous – it becomes more and more difficult with every step. Even with the best of shoes, fuel and equipment, your body feels every step of everyContinue reading “God’s Perfect Aid Station”
Run with Jesus
Running is hard especially if you go at it alone (with no support system). But if you include others in your running -whether that’s running with a friend, talking to other runners, including family or friends in updates on your training, etc. – it becomes less daunting. Suddenly, you realize you aren’t really alone evenContinue reading “Run with Jesus”
Let God Refuel Your Soul
Running takes strength but the longer the run goes the less and less strength you have. It’s not because you haven’t trained or prepared but because the run is long. You’ve used loads of your strength already to get there. So, what runners do is they take fuel with them to help to consume alongContinue reading “Let God Refuel Your Soul”
Never Alone
When running long distances, there are many times when you are alone. Runners are spaced out and it’s just you and your run. Sometimes that can be awesome. Sometimes that can be discouraging or deflating or lonely or even scary. Your mental and physical struggles go unnoticed because no one is there. You don’t runContinue reading “Never Alone”
Press Forward
Running is all moment forward moment. You’ve got to push forward. And while you use your previous runs as learning experiences, you can’t dwell on them. Some runs are great, some runs are meh, and some runs the worst. You can’t dwell too much on the old runs because they can steal your momentum inContinue reading “Press Forward”
Keep Moving Forward
Running is all about moving forward. You never run backwards. You put one foot in front of the other and keep going. And sometimes that’s easy, and other times that is incredibly difficult. When running long distances, the deeper into the run the more difficult each steps becomes but you continue to move forward toContinue reading “Keep Moving Forward”
Look and Gaze
When you’re running, your coach will always tell you eyes up or look forward. Not only is it good form to help with your posture and breathing but it’s also an approach tip, safety tip and mental tip. Looking forward helps you know what’s coming next if the course. Is it a hill? A curve?Continue reading “Look and Gaze”
The Course Map
You’ve got to run the marked course if you want to be qualified to win it at the end. The course is marked so you get the proper distance for your run. The aid and water stations as well as bathrooms will be marked so you know where they are. All the safety personal andContinue reading “The Course Map”
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