Running

For Feb. 2:

It rained all day today. It snowed all weekend. And it rained all day today. Lame. We've missed 2 days of school (thankfully we don't make them up), but this is just disgusting. The worst part is, that every rain drop that fell will be frozen in the morning. However, it is supposed to be sunny and 50 degrees (heat wave) tomorrow!

I like school. I hope we go back soon.

I did a flurry of things yesterday. One of them was go to the Y. Well, I forgot my tennis shoes, so I had to go back home, then I eventually made it to the Y. Anyways, I got to the Y. I figured I would do my usual... walk 1 minute, run 2 minutes alternating (you see, I haven't run since Thanksgiving and I'm not trying to kill myself...).

So I got on the treadmill, jamming to my iPod, and went to running. I have this internal competition thing where if the girl next to me was still running, I could still run, too, so since she did, I did. I was really amazed that my body was able to sustain the 2 miles I ran (without stopping!).

Then I got to thinking (what else is there to do when you're running?). I'm in such a better place this year, 2010, then I was this time last year... I just remember last year being so bogged down, almost in depression, fighting spiritual, natural and emotional battles. It was tough. And running is such a mind game. I had to teach myself last year to "meditate on Your wonderful works" - Psalm 145:5, to keep myself from going off the deep end into "what ifs, if onlys, etc".

I'm convinced anyone can be a runner, they just have to get past the mind battle. So, I ran, and prayed, and sort of sang quietly, and watched the tv in front of me, and tried to keep running since the girl next to me was running, and people watched.

It ended up being a really nice run. It felt great. And by just doing it, I overcame emotional battle, spiritual battles and physical battles.

I can finally say that I am glad for seasons :)