ORN: Over weekend...zero
Monday 5 miles, early evening, easy pace
Spent Fri-Sun in Colorado Springs with my oldest son David, who is just back from Iraq. He's an Army medic and I hadn't seen him since his safe return. Wow, what a wonderful reunion. He's doing well and I'm sure proud of him.
And I didn't run at all. Had some marvelous weather and I stayed inside. Why? Because of the time with David. My time with him was precious and I didn't want to lose it.
Years ago, I heard a wonderful quote from Howard Hendricks who said "If you own anything you cannot give away, you don't own it, it owns you."
Yeah. Which includes running. It was a good exercise for me to "give away" running for the sake of wonderful time with David.
As much as I enjoy running, it can't become an idol, a "little god" that must be daily worshiped. So, it was good to not run. And it was nice to come home and run again.
Persevere.
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1 comment:
Too bad David did not volunteer to go on a run with the old man. I'm sure he could use a good run to get used to all the PT he will be doing at his new duty station. By the way Joe, I am a big fan of your music!
Bill Doughtry
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