I believe I've posted in the past that may company is being acquired and we are now in the final weeks leading up to the closing. The closing is targeted for 11/30 and of course I'm registered for my first marathon which is on 11/27 - I guess I "missed the memo" back in August :) Well, the last week and the next two are going to be difficult balancing work and training. I did pay the price this week, only logging 39-miles and missing a mid-week 10 to 11 miler. I did get an easy/long run in today for 12-miles which felt good but I do want to get a solid 45+ training miles in this coming week so I have an element of confidence going into the race. OK - I'm hearing you say "keep your perspective" and you are right! This is just a long run that happens to be a race, I've trained adequately over the last 3-months and at this point of the game, the fitness work is done, now I need to stay healthy and strong and then go out on the 27th and do the best I can.
I've also been fighting a cold this week so I had 2-workouts on the treadmill - which is self inflicted torture in my book, the only joy in treadmill-land for me is listening to podcasts. I enjoy Louie Giglio of Passion City Church (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/passion-city-church-podcast/id400379025) and I heard two messages on grace (Aug 14 and Aug 21) - they were great messages and I was overwhelmed by the sense of God's great mercy to me/us. For me, I realized how easy it is to forget the mercy that God shows me each and every day. The bible is full of examples of God's mercy and how deep and all-encompassing it is - can't believe I'm not on my knees every day thanking Him for his love and mercy - hard to put into words except "wow, wow, wow" - if you don't know what I'm referring to here you are really missing out and that's not good - post a comment or email me and I would love to explain this further.
Back on the road tomorrow for some miles - "But as for me, it is good to be near God." Psalm 73:28b
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