Quick Post

Today I learned two things:

(and no I did not run my mile yet again. I guess April is my 'no timed-mile run' month.)

1. I really like working out on the bike.

2. Not being able to run (so I don't hurt my body any more) is really sad.

May is going to be a better month. I plan on running the mile at least one more time before I go home. AND I AM GOING TO BE IN UTAH SOON!

Runaway Girl

Correr

Today I didn't run my mile again. Both my right hip and right knee haven't been feeling very good. Yesterday I ran on the treadmill (a rare occasion for me.....I really don't like treadmills) and my knee started to kill after awhile. This made me worry and I ended up finishing by walking on a high incline. I fear injuring myself in a way that prevents me from running for long periods of time.

But I do want to tell you about an awesome lesson I learned. Sunday I went to the gospel essentials sunday school class. We were learning about the atonement. Our teacher, Jonny Palmer told us about the word "succor" which means "to run to". He then showed that the end of the word "cor" is the same as the beginning of "correr"which in Spanish means "to run". I immediately thought about running and was very interested. Then Jonny said this, "in the most difficult times, Christ runs to us, succors us". I truly felt the Spirit and remembered a sticky note I had on my computer dashboard which says, "No one is going to come running after you". At that moment I wrote down, "He'll run after you".

My whole life has been about running. And a lot of the time I have been hoping that someone runs after me. But I never stop running. I figured that no one was going to run after me if I stayed this way. This lesson taught me otherwise. I can run all I want, but Christ will always be there. He won't let me get too far away. He'll make sure that if I do run, I run in the right direction. And when I take the wrong path, He'll come running after me.

EXCEPT CHRIST WILL!

Runaway Girl

Jury Duty Day

You might be confused as to why I am writing about Jury Duty on a blog about running. Well, that's just how my day started. I spent almost five hours today at Jury Duty, and in the end I did not have to sit in on a trial. I was excused. I had to make the decision whether or not to run my mile today, and I decided not to. Big surprise right? Haha. I just have to be in the right mindset and today I am pretty tired from waking up early and sitting around a court house. Who knew sitting could be so exhausting!

But I do want to talk about running. Recently I have been running from the truth, which is appropriate given I was at a court house all day where everything is about truth. I guess I am afraid of the future a bit. I haven't searched out truth as much as I should have. This could be truth of how I feel, truth in a religious sense, or some other type of truth.

I walked home after Jury Duty and I actually sort of got lost. I thought I was going in the general direction I needed to go, but I was wrong. Eventually I found that I was right near the end of the esplanade path. This is the path I run, but this time, I got to enjoy with a walk. Sometimes walking can clear the mind just as running does. Maybe not the same way, but today was a walking sort of day.

I ended up seeing some graffiti on one of the bridges that said: FEARLESS

And best of all.....I found some truth. :)

Runaway Girl

Under the Weather

Today I didn't run the mile. My throat was not feeling so great this morning and in general I just wasn't feeling all that great. I decided I didn't want to push myself really hard for a mile run and then have that burning in my throat feeling.

It's my week off of the mile. But I still got a good workout and enjoyed the rain somewhat.

Sorry I slacked off this week. Hopefully I will have a running adventure to tell you about really soon.

Runaway Girl