While on a 5 mile run, I was thinking of and praying for my friends who are training for upcoming marathons and I realized faith is like marathon training. In case you didn’t know, a marathon is 26.2 miles and takes about 5-6 months to train for.
Just like marathon training, faith takes dedication, motivation and a desire to see the end result. For a marathon, it’s the finish line and your cheering family you want to see, for faith it is to see your prayers answered. Below are a few tips to keep running in your faith.
1. You need information. A training plan, nutrition, and proper running gear are all needed prior to training. I needed to tape my shins, buy the right sports bra, wear compression shorts/socks and carry a water-bag for my race. To run a marathon, you have to do what is necessary to finish the race. A Bible, a church that teaches you the Word of God in a way you can understand and apply and a prayer life are all necessary to grow your faith, so you can keep running.
2. There will be times when you don’t want to run 4 days a week and days when you don’t feel like running those 10, 15, 20, 23 miles……there will be days you don’t feel like going to church, reading your Bible, praying……You can’t be successful in either if you don’t put in the time and the energy. It takes effort to train; it takes effort to trust and believe God, and to keep running.
- My 1st Marathon – Marine Corps Marathon 2013
I need to work on actually working out before a race. I did a race earlier this year, cold turkey and almost died. It was all hills! I was thinking, I’m just walking, I’ll be ok,.. but honey I wasn’t. I’m going plan and train next time
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Yay! We check the race course and sometimes drive it if it is local so we know what to expect. It is definitely something you have to prepare for.
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Good for you and for your determination. Funny story about the guy who quit when he was almost at the end. So close! Congratulations on keeping the faith
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Girl, it was so hard to do and I wanted to quit so many times.
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