Recovering!!

I have not posted in a while because I have been recovering from the awful Stomach Bug!! On Feb. 12 I want out for my Sunday morning long run!! About two miles into the run I knew something was wrong because my heart rate was sky high. I suffered through the rest of the run and made it home. When I got home I was hit with a fever and awful stomach problems. After taking Monday off from activity I tried to get make after in on Tuesday and Wednesday but I was still battling an awful upset stomach. SO I went into desperation mode. No food or activity for 30 hours. Needless to say this did not work either. SO I had to pull the plug and I did not work out Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. When Sunday hit I was feeling much better and I once again have resumed training. This week long battle messed with my weight and electrolyte counts so I am tying to get them back to normal but I do feel 100% better and I have energy to workout now!!

I was never in deep worry due to being sick I was more disappointed I could not workout. But I stood on Gods word that says: EXODUS 15:26 "... I am the Lord who heals you." I knew He would take care of me and once again God has I am so Blessed!!

On the Run!!

It seems like all I have been doing is RUNNING!! That may not seem like much fun to many people for me it has been great!! I am watching my running progress and its awesome!! Last week I had four runs three - one hour runs and one fifteen minute transition run. In this three hours and fifteen minutes of running I traveled over 25 miles and some change. Yesterday I did a 1 hour and 16 minute run I covered 9.44 miles 8:04 per mile and in that run I had over 1200 feet elevation gain. I am training on lots of hills because that is what Lake Placid is all about. I used to hate to run over 30 minutes and not I am running over and hour three times a week and I often don;t want to stop.

People often ask me what I think about or how I get through an hour of running. Do you listen to music? NO Don't you get bored? NO Don't you get hungry? Sometimes How do you get through it? I have one simple answer I PRAY. The time I spend out on the road is with God I pray for everything while I am running and I am energized and have been blessed by it.

1 Corinthians 9:24 says

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

I run for the Prize and I am rewarded every time I do!!!