4 days. 4 days until I run my first marathon. 26.2 miles. I have been training since July, have paid the fees, and will be running on Sunday. Gulp.
I was thinking today that most any criticism in the world comes down to someone complaining that someone else is chasing something - fame, money, notoriety, advancement in a career. But has anyone ever complained about someone who chases good things? As for me, at least on Sunday, I will not be chasing other runners, per se, but will be chasing my pride, my limits, and my history. I believe that I will catch my pride, pass my limits, and rewrite my own history. And in all that, I will do my best to remember that it was not I who somehow conjured the strength and discipline to do these things, but the Holy Spirit, working in me to bring out those gifts that God bestowed upon me from the moment I Creation.
