Sunday July 12, 2009

"If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move. All things will be possible for you. Matthew 17:20

Praying
I feel guilty not keeping up with the blog. I really wanted to try and write in here everyday. But the week was a little crazy. Looking back at it, I would say the most interesting day was yesterday. It was the first day of Woodlands Fit and I knew that I had to go. I woke up, got dressed and went over to Luke's Locker where we were meeting. I did my 40 minute run just as I planned, and then prepared myself.
When I woke up, I didn't feel anything. Usually I feel close to God or I'm thinking of him but in a way I think I was angry with him because he took Fit away from me.
So anyway, I show up, reconnect with people. It was so weird. I can't even to begin to explain the feelings I had. But then something happened. I'm standing there watching the new organizer give her speech and my good friend Beth came up, looked at me and said "Rich I'm really glad you came this morning, it took a lot of guts to show up. It's the only way you will get over the hurt of losing the program."
Now most of you who are reading this, probably know that I believe God finds ways to pass messages on to you. Yesterday he gave me another message. I have to move on, but before I can do that I have to get over the hurt. I need to heal, maybe by showing up every Saturday that will happen. God has a plan for me when it comes to running and coaching, I know that someday he will show me that path.

Running

Last week was a productive week. I trained on all my scheduled days and did pretty well. But, a new issue has suddenly appeared. From the arch of my foot to the base of my heal I have some mild pain. It didn't bother me this morning while running but as the day progressed it got a little worse. I hope it is not Planter Faschiteas, because if it is, things all of a sudden have gotten real interesting. For the first time in a while I pulled out the ice pack. Everything else feels great, it's just the right foot. We'll see what happens as the week progresses, I see Crystal on Wednesday, but I might have to change that and stop by tomorrow afternoon.

Next weekend everything will become official when the marathon opens registration. One other note I will be setting up with the charity I am going to run for. A quick hint, it's not the MS Society, but an org that does research to help cure MS. More on this later.