The Story before the Story
This weekend I have to run 13 miles.
I’m not looking forward to it, but I now have an example to help quench my fear. This morning my wife Carie ran that distance, and I’m pretty proud of her. We’ve only been running for 5 weeks consistently (4 times a week), and now we’re ultimately training for a half marathon in October. At first we considered a full marathon, then pulled back for this season. But we’ve managed to stay on the training schedule for the marathon up to this point.
Because of scheduling conflicts, our training is one day apart, so Carie runs the training schedule one day before me most of the time, and I don’t mind telling you how scared I have been about my 13 mile adventures this weekend. But Carie showed me it could happen, gave it her all, and finished the 13 miles. Well, actually because her mom, who ran with her, took a wrong turn, she ran 14 miles, but I’m not doing that – on accident or on purpose.
Don Miller says that “A character in a story is a person who wants something and overcomes an obstacle to get it.” I want to finish this half marathon, and I want to beat a few people along the way, and before today, I had a hard time believing that was possible.
Great examples and heroes are people who exemplify, not only how to live life, but the dreams which we already have in our hearts. Running a half marathon may not make a big difference in the world, but it will make a big difference in me, which I believe will push me to make a big difference in the world.
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Hey, that's awesome! Even the fact that you are training at all for a marathon is awesome! Not everyone can say that they ran a marathon…or even half of one for that matter. Way to go! Keep up the great work, you'll get there in no time.
Cool! You can do it, I know you will just as you know you will!! Love the analogy of make a difference in me then it will make I difference in others…of course, always thrilled to see men brag on their wives…look forward to hear how the run goes…blessings brother!!