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Marathon Mind Dump

November 16, 2009 in Fitness, Mi Vida Loca, Revolution Church with 2 Comments

Rock N Roll Marathon San Antonio
  • Had a blast this weekend. We had friends from Lubbock in for the San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon (thanks Oglesbys! had a blast!) so the house was packed!
  • My Dad was in town too for the race.
  • I ran my worst race time ever. Nice.
  • I do have a couple of “excuses.” First, training for marathons and planting a church at the same time is TOUGH.
  • Second, I stopped to help one guy during the race that was screaming bloody murder. He keep screaming “CRAMP! CRAMP!” It took about 10 minutes for a medical team person to show up. That knocked my time down a little.
  • I was reminded once more (as I am with every marathon) that 26.2 miles is a LONG STINKING WAY to run! :)
  • Today, my legs and hips are sore like nobody’s business and I have some nasty blisters on my toes.
  • NEVER EVER run in Nikes. Sheesh.
  • Heard from my team that it was an incredible day at our Revolution Launch Team Meeting yesterday. John Atkinson spoke to the team and did an amazing job! Thanks John!
  • Huge week coming up! Hoping to have most everything prepped and ready to go for our December 13th service by the end of the week.
  • Pumped up about the holidays!
  • Looking for creative ways to serve our community for Christmas. Anyone have any good ideas?
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Saturday Night Shots

November 14, 2009 in Confessional, Family, Fitness, Revolution Church with 1 Comment

  • PUMPED about running my first marathon of the season in San Antonio tomorrow. Love this race because there is no travel involved…its in MY TOWN. Shooting for a sub four hour race. 26.2 miles, here I come!
  • HAVING A BLAST with our house guests this weekend! Our friends Chad and Wendy Oglesby and their 4 kiddos are here with us.
  • PUMPED about having my mentor John Atkinson speaking at our Revolution Church Launch Team Meeting in the morning. Don’t miss it team!
  • PUMPED that I got to get out Grill-Zilla and cook for about 50 people today at a neighborhood block party. Met some good folk!
  • NOT PUMPED that I won’t be with my Revolution peeps tomorrow.
  • NOT PUMPED that I’ll miss John speaking tomorrow.
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26.2 Miles

November 15, 2008 in Fitness, Goals with 1 Comment

This is an educational post…

Tomorrow morning at 7:30am I will run my first full marathon. Today, I had three people give me that “oh you’re running a marathon? I ran one of them 5 mile marathons one time. How far is yours?” junk that I so despise.

Allow me to educate everyone. The name marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, yelling, “We have won!” before collapsing and dying.

Hopefully, I will only collapse, not die…

So, a REAL, BONAFIDE marathon is TECHNICALLY 26.2 miles.

NOT 5 miles.

NOT 3 miles.

NOT 20 miles.

26.2 miles. 26.2 long long miles. Runners say the first half of the marathon isn’t so bad (20 miles) but the last “half” (6.2 miles) is a true test of strength, endurance, mind, soul, and more.

I’ve put in over 250 miles in the last 16 weeks during my training. I’ve run 4-5 days a week for 16 weeks. I’ve changed how I live day to day life. I’ve changed what I eat. I’ve given up lots of sleep, late night movie sessions, my entire wardrobe (my clothes no longer fit) and, according to my wife, my own butt (I lost lots of weight, its flat now) to run this race.

So, if you think about it, pray for me at about 10:30am CST tomorrow morning. That’s when I’ll be on my last 6 miles.

And, if you think I’m crazy, I’ll be posting this week on why I would put myself through something so insane.

Peace!

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Saturday Shots

November 8, 2008 in Confessional with 3 Comments

  • PUMPED about THIS NEW message series that we are starting tomorrow. DON’T MISS IT!  Bring a friend.
  • PUMPED and PRAYING that God will use this series to change the face of our church. The real issue for the next four Sundays is this: “Does God REALLY own our hearts?”
  • PUMPED that I got a TON of stuff done around the house today.
  • PUMPED about running the San Antonio Rock N’ Roll marathon next week. 26.2 miles baby! YEAH!
  • NOT PUMPED about running the San Antonio Rock N’ Roll marathon next week. 26.2 miles baby! Oh no!
  • NOT PUMPED that my knee is still killing me. Pray for me!
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