Plugging Along

I may not post every day but things but are going well. :-)

Bill's parents are here for the weekend, we're celebrating his 40th birthday. Yesterday was sweltering hot and I didn't feel like going for my 5 mile pace run until night time, but I ended up doing it on the treadmill instead which proved to be a bit challenging - usually i do more leisurely runs on the treadmill. I'm just not crazy about it, but the pace run needed to be done and they were calling for thunderstorms. I didn't get around to running until 8:30, which made me not tired at all to go to bed. Which made me go to sleep much later than normal. Which made waking up EARLY today to get my 10-miler in before church not so fun. My lesson for this weekend... don't do a 5 mile pace run on the treadmill. And if you must, don't do a 10-miler the next morning after getting very little sleep! I love running 10 miles normally, but I struggled this morning and the treadmill just wore me out - I always feel like I'm going MUCH faster on the treadmill at the same pace I run on the road, and I hate all the pounding! Anyway, I got it all "done" and tomorrow is a rest day. Whew!

I love the Christian group Casting Crowns and this morning I listened to one of their songs "Voice of Truth" a whole bunch of times to get through my run...

"But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story. The Voice of Truth says DO NOT BE AFRAID. And the Voice of Truth says this is for my glory! Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth." Love that song and love it's message. It's amazing how often I listen to the "voices" (i.e. influences) of the world, even in my running - I'm thankful that God allowed me to get into running in my late 30s, it's such a gift, and I want to do it to glorify Him.