Ok - so it may be a little early to set the goal of running a marathon, and to be honest I am a little ticked about the whole thing as well. This all began when I was part of the hiring process of an employee at my previous employer... confused yet. Basically we were hiring a Jr High pastor and I found this gentleman (he would say he found us) and we hired him.
One day he decides to tell me how he has run a marathon and basically dares me to run one. I simply tell him that I don't fall for the manipulation tactics and left it alone at that.
_story break_ when I was a little kid I dealt with a lot of fear... A LOT of fear. I was bound by it, but something broke inside of me that may make some sense to those of you who know me. I came to a realization that life is temporary - and that GOD had not given me a spirit of fear. So I turned the fear around into what I would personally call stupidity. For instance, if I had killed a bug in my haste with my hand, and fear would come to me that it might be some grecian frillo poisonous mosquito... my response would be "I am not going to be afraid" and I would like my fingers and say "bring it on you grecian frillo mosquito".
Back to the post - I have been fighting this comment for some time now, and it has been wearing on me. Why would I not want to run a marathon, am I afraid that I cannot? What in me is prideful enough to REFUSE to run a marathon? What have I not handed over yet? Boy, I had enough... so here is the announcement.
Benjamin Lloyd Stewart will be running a marathon
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5 comments:
I'm 12 weeks in to my training. Get that Nike+ sport kit, and we'll monitor your progress!
got it already duder - I ran 3.5 miles this morning but it only registered 2 something
how did you get yours to be accurate?
I am having visions of you and Jonathan crossing the finish line together...high fiving...looking at each other with tears in your eyes..."We did it man! We did it." I have a slightly over active imagination. :) You really should run one together though. Minus the high fives and weeping.
well being that jonathan only has four fingers - would that be a high 4.5?
I enjoy your blog! Write more often:-)
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