Still in Training...

Wow. When I wrote my last post, I was talking about running through all the doubts and fears that I've been struggling with. That same evening, I was confronted with some things that I didn't want to hear, but so needed to hear them. It broke me. I feel like I walk in complete ignorance and so oblivious to situations around me. How can I walk and not realize what I'm doing? That is what I've been wrestling with for the past week.

So, I run. I'm running to confront those things. I'm running to think through those things. I'm running to find peace in these situations. Ultimately, God is my source of strength and the sustainer of all things for me, but running, that's my outlet. It's my "physical" response to the spiritual going on around me.

That brings me to today. I have been in the beginning phases of training for a Thanksgiving Day 5k. I will be running with my sister and her husband. I'm not sure who else may be running, but the 3 of us are embarking on this task.

• Treadmill - $725.00
• Running Shoes and a heart-rate monitor - $130.00
• Sustenance - Water Bottle
• Motivation - Kutless on the IPod
• Satisfaction of knowing that I can run 2 miles and not die - PRICELESS!

Today, I'm going outside. In a few minutes, I will don my running clothes, heart-rate monitor, RoadID bracelet and asthma inhaler and hit the road - literally. I'm going for 2 easy miles today. Just want to feel out these lungs - they've not been right since my run yesterday. I'll leave you with that!