Running, Miracles, and my foot healed

Ready for the weekend! Got my run in tonight courtesy of the WSF system running 50-minutes late, oh well, a good run can fix many ills :) Looking forward to the race tomorrow evening - missed a lot of training runs this week due to work but the last two, Wed and Fri were both encouraging. I got 5-miles in on Wed at home (very hilly) and averaged a 8:34 pace. Tonight on the flat waterfront route did a 8:06 pace so I've got my goal for tomorrows run. After the race we'll skip the parade and hit Post Alley Pizza for a hearty celebration dinner.

A great recommended read is a book I just finished called The Dancing Hand of God by James Maloney. A great book on how God desires to "enhance" His reputation through signs, wonders, and miracles. It was also a great picture of His perfect plan in that by allowing us to participate and/or witness these miracles His reputation and glory is revealed and our faith is increased. There must be some sort of scientific term that describes this ever increasing cycle that is created in miracles building faith, more faith opens the doors for more miracles, which creates more faith, etc, etc - all the while people get to bask in the glory and majesty of the Eternal God. Kind of a neat way to see all that. I'm praying that God will continue to work in me and allow me to participate more!

More you say? quickly before the ferry docks - there are many miracles God has worked in my life but I was blessed last November in God healing my plantar fasciatis (sp?). I had struggled with this, and tried to run through it, for 3-4 months but was prayed over for healing and God miraculously healed my foot. The pain and issues were gone - done. No more hobbling out of bed in the morning or limping out of 2-hr meetings. AMEN and thank you Jesus.

So many people and things to be thankful for. God is good, all the time!! I'm struck tonight as I "float the boat" home how blessed I am with wonderful and caring parents, a great family, a good job in a bad economy, good health and strong legs to run. Yeah there are tough and difficult things to deal with but when I step back I am powerfully struck by God's goodness.

Will get home tonight and grab some time running and then relax and enjoy my wife. We are earnestly praying for wisdom in and through our oldest son as he has some big decisions to make - next step in life things. I'm thankful that at 19 he still wants to listen to us, is respectful and honoring of us his parents, and is motivated to go and do. It's good to be grateful and "we are to enter into His gates with thanksgiving".

Weekend running

What a beautiful weekend this was! Sunny and warm, a bit too warm for the long run on Saturday but I thought heading off at 10:00 would 'beat the heat' - boy was I wrong. Ran from Poulsbo to the Island (11-miles) and about 1/2 way through was out of water and very hot. Finished with a few breaks in shady spots but was kinda shaky for a bit thereafter - so lesson learned, keep the run safe and fun don't go for it just because. Sunday got a short 4-miles in and that felt much better and was more appropriate for the temp.

The rest of the weekend was good as the family was all home. We did yard work throughout the rest of Saturday and then enjoyed the evening together with dinner on the deck before the boys headed out for the evening (something about soaping a friends car windows - somethings I wish they didn't tell us :) Sunday church was good, message on the Prodigal son parable and I had forgotten that "prodigal" actually means extravagent. Lot's of substance in this story but the great reminder, and applicable in our lives right now, is the father's never ending love and acceptance of his son - the same way our Heavenly Father feels about each of us. Otherwise on Sunday, a short run and spent time at the pool with my wife and daughter, a great way to finish off the weekend.

No run today - signed up for the TorchLight 8-k tonight and will glide into that with training this week. Will be running this race with my son which is cool, good memories to be made I hope.

Waterfront run tonight

A blessing of the ferry commute is the chance to run along the waterfront when you miss a boat (this is the 'glass half full mindset' :) Got a nice 5-miles in and it is really amazing how my pace picks up on the return portion of the run when I see the ferry getting closer to the dock faster than I'm getting back to my car! Well, I guess any and all motivation is welcome to improve my pace. Run was good and the evening beautiful, God is good and his creation is fantstic. One of the enjoyments of this run route is all the people and the dogs, especially on a nice evening. It's easy to see the vastness of God's creation in nature, people, and especially the dogs - no one can say God doesn't have a sense of humor!!!

Looking forward to the weekend and getting a good long run in on the Island - forcast looks good and I'm ready to relax with my family - Decided to do the Seafare Torchlight 8-k next Saturday and signed up my son too - that should be fun but he'll blow my doors off I know, still good to do something like that together, it'll give him one more thing to say he beat his old-man at. All good!

Time for a run

Looking forward to getting home tonight and getting some miles in. A very stressful week needs to be de-compressed and a 3-5 mile run is just the trick. Missed running along the waterfront in Seattle while waiting for the boat, man that's a great run on an evening like this - sun setting over the Olympic's and boats out on the Sound - no doubt will have the chance tomorrow with summer ferry traffic. I've not tried it yet but I would love to run over lunch but no shower at the office = no go. I've seen the "shower wipes" and might try that once. Thinking about doing the TorchLight 8k -

Great run 5.3 miles just before dark but worth it! Headache gone, shoulders and neck loose - all good

No run today blues

Started the week strong with a 10-miler on Sunday, got 5-miles in on Monday but nothing since. I'm missing the time and "runner high" but the old battle between work and carving the time to run is ever present.