Day 30 Part II

Day 30 – 5 Miles – Take-two.  After several abandoned attempts and striking on this mid-week 5 miler, I final got it going.  At about 10PM last night, finally hit the road.  The run felt pretty good, my pace was consistant, breathing was not labored, and I had little pain or fatigue.  About 2 miles… Continue reading Day 30 Part II

Day 29 / 30

Day 29 – Rest & Day 30 – 5 Miles – Well, I was planning on knocking out my 5 a day early, but family plans vetoed the run.  So this morning, after a night or wind and rain and tornado warnings, I got up, looked at the radar, looked outside and it looked promising. … Continue reading Day 29 / 30

Day 29 / 30

Day 29 – Rest & Day 30 – 5 Miles – Well, I was planning on knocking out my 5 a day early, but family plans vetoed the run.  So this morning, after a night or wind and rain and tornado warnings, I got up, looked at the radar, looked outside and it looked promising. … Continue reading Day 29 / 30

Day 26-29

Day 26 -28 – Rest / Day 27 – 7 Miles – I took an extra day off this weekend to allow some healing for my left Iliotiial Band to heal.  The pain in my back and hip were causing me to loose sleep.  I waited as long as I could on Sunday to run,… Continue reading Day 26-29

Day 25

Day 25 – 3 Miles:  Well after all the talk about pain, weariness, and adversity; today felt relatively great.  I hurt a little bit at the beginning, but after I got started I was cruising.  So now I feel guilty for having a good run.  I must not have worked hard enough.  I am cheating… Continue reading Day 25

Day 23 & 24

 Day 23 – Rest & Day 24 5 Miles – Guess what guys, we are running a marathon.  In our official training we have run about 70 miles. Only about 350 mile left to the finish line.  After 5 miles this morning I was tired.  My body is beginning to ache.  I felt like I… Continue reading Day 23 & 24

Day 21 & 22

Day 21 – Rest Day / Day 22 – 3 Miles – Rest day was more than needed.  This mornings run almost felt like a continuation of Saturday.  I feel like this journey is going to tougher than it seemed at first.  I have to admit, to this point, other than the discipline, things have… Continue reading Day 21 & 22

Day 20

Day 20 – 9 Miles – Word of the Day – Adversity – (Thanks Taylor) We started out the Day at 7:30 with a great word from Taylor.  He spoke at a men’s breakfast at my church on how adversity is what God uses to develop us into the people we should be.  Second Word… Continue reading Day 20

Day 19

Day 19 – Rest Day – Rest day (for most of us). We I set my alarm to sleep in. Up at 5:15 anyway. So I figured I would jump in throw out a few thoughts about my team. First off, I never imagined a marathon as a team sport. Growing up, I played quite… Continue reading Day 19

Day 18

Day 18 – 3 Miles – Up at 5:38(no alarm), little breakfast and out the door at 5:55.  It was one of those days.  I think this is the closest I have been to rolling over and saying “not this morning”.  But, I persevered, I got my feet on the floor, took my daily meds… Continue reading Day 18