11 Weeks until the Half Marathon
Distance: 5.40 miles
Time: 53:07 minutes
Avg Pace Per Mile: 9:50
Today you get a two-fer *gratitude and running. I am grateful for the pebble in my running shoe. On the final half of my run today I picked up a pebble in my shoe. I was running to my parents house and there aren't any sidewalks out there! This meant running on the pavement and dodging cars in the gravel. It was fun, until the pebble.
Here is today's submission in the running as a metaphor for life files. The pebble is an annoying distraction that can completely mess with your focus. I've heard that running is a mental sport and I believe it. I was pacing at under 9:00 minutes before the pebble and suddenly I was running an 11:00 minute mile.
Last night at Bible study we talked at length about doing all things for the Lord. We discussed how we can get distracted by our own agendas and forget that we are supposed to first be serving the Lord. Our worries are like the pebbles, tiny bits in the grand scheme of God's glory. However, it is almost impossible to not focus on the pebble. Only with God's help can we overcome the tiny pebbles that distract us from the bigger picture.
For me today, focusing on the run and not the pebble in my shoe was so hard. The same way that mean and lame people, financial worries, annoying politicians and other daily pebbles are so distracting. I didn't stop and take my shoe off. I said a prayer and kept going. I ran faster and prayed harder and soon the pebble lodged itself behind my pinky toe.
Thanks Pebble.
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