...just do it...

Why does running feel sooooooooo good?

Endorphins.
Time outside.
Time alone.
Moving the bod.
Doing something.
Relieving stress.
Burning calories.
Accomplishing a goal.
Listening to a good teaching.
Time with God.

Why would I ever miss a run?

Lazy.
Busy.
Mopey.
No time.
No motivation.
No energy.

I like list number one better!

...trading...

Had an amazing run tonight.
Both because it was amazing.
Felt good.  Was painless.  Felt fast (even though I'm not that fast!)
You know the ones!!

But also because often when I run, and especially tonight
I get good time with God.

I find I hear Him clearer.

Maybe because I slow down.
Maybe because 100 other things aren't going down.
Maybe because its my few hours of awake alone time.

But maybe because He just knows I like to run.
And He likes to share it with me!!

I got to trade a lot with Him on this run.
Traded a bunch of exhaustion and fatigue for energy.
Traded a bunch of frustration and excuses for plans and strategies.
And most cool...  traded some pain and sorrow I'd been lugging around
for some oil of gladness
and got filled up with the JOY I didn't realize I'd been missing!!!

That's the cool thing about God.

He knows me. 
He loves me!
And I love nights like tonight, when I really feel it!!

Hope you are all feeling it too!!

Goodnight!!

...motivation...

What's your motivation????

Question I ask myself as I try to talk myself into going for a run tonight.

I am motivated to stay and hang with the boys.
I am motivated to wuss out.
I am motivated to say, awww I'll do it tomorrow.

So I have to remind myself...
How good it feels after a run.
How nice it is to be free and outside.
How much tomorrows run will be even better because of tonights.

Before a run - its all in the mind.
After a run - the body thanks you!

What's your motivation????