I now have less than one week before I will subject myself to a physical testing that few will venture into. I will be participating I will participate in an endurance event. The Indianapolis 500 festival mini-marathon is the largest half marathon in the nation. many have asked me what is a mini or half marathon. It is 13.1 miles a full marathon is 26.2.
For those that don't know or have forgot their high school history: Pheidippides (530 BC–490 BC), an Athenian herald, was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran 240 km (150 miles) in two days. He then ran the 40 km (25 miles) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word "Νενικήκαμεν" (Nenikékamen, "We have won") and collapsed and died on the spot from exhaustion. Of course there is a bit of controversy about this & whether or not two accounts of two different individuals got muddled over time. Either way this is where the idea of the modern day marathon gets it s roots. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
So I'm starting small with a half marathon to test my endurance. So being raised never to use words that I don't know what they mean and wanting to be certain I fully understood the meaning I looked it up & provided it below. (Courtesy of dictionary.com)
əns
–noun
1. the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
2. the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance.
3. lasting quality; duration: His friendships have little endurance.
On Saturday as I was headed out to group training I turned on the radio to KLOVE. Where I heard the following from Isaiah 40:30 & 31
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble & fall; but those that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
I was reminded how I need to make a better effort of offering each & every one of my runs wether it be a training run or a race up to the Lord. For the flesh is weak, but, I can of all things through Christ who give me strength. Phill 4:13 So as I enter my last week of preparation before the main event. As I'm tapering my physical activity in preparation I will by no means taper my time with the Lord. So please pray with & for me that
I will set aside every weight and sin that so easily ensnares me and let me run with endurance the race that is set before me. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of my faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
