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Power Under Control

by divineawakening | Feb 1, 2016 | Parallels, Training | 0 Comments

I decided to try Matt Fitzgerald's marathon training plan, which is based on heart rate rather than pace. The long runs have been excruciating as I'm capped at a heart rate of 160. My max is over 200, so to keep it this low feels painfully slow. Yesterday's...

Keep Connected to the Body

by divineawakening | Jan 28, 2016 | Seen On My Run | 0 Comments

I usually like to include pictures for the "seen on my run" posts, but this time you'll probably be glad I didn't. On my last long run, I saw something rather than disturbing: four animal feet....and no animal. I couldn't tell exactly what kind of animal it had...

Reality You Can’t See

by divineawakening | Jan 8, 2016 | Parallels, Scripture | 0 Comments

During my speed workout, I did six 15-second intervals, bursts of running as fast as I could. Yet, when I looked at my watch, my increased effort didn't initially register on my Garmin. It looked like by heart wasn't beating any faster...even though I KNOW it was. I...

Following God

by divineawakening | Dec 31, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Jesus lived a perfect life simply by doing what He saw the Father doing. Recently, I've been increasingly aware of what the Father is doing--seeing Him in the Spirit superimposed with myself in my mind's eye, walking through each action before it happens. Kind of like...

Chocoholic Frolic 5K – Race Recap

by divineawakening | Dec 6, 2015 | Parallels, Race Reports | 0 Comments

This one is short and sweet...literally! Ran the Chocoholic Frolic 5K. No PR...but won my age group! After finishing, I was racing off to church, so I got my reward (cookie!) but didn't have time to stick around for the official awards...

Route 66 Marathon – Race Recap

by divineawakening | Nov 29, 2015 | Race Reports | 0 Comments

Route 66 Marathon. 66 run/walk intervals. 66 books of the Bible... If I had to describe this race in 2 words, they would be "hilly" and "chilly." It was 23° at the start. How apropos that there were snowflakes attached to the street signs! It was a festive start, and...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas – Race Recap

by divineawakening | Nov 17, 2015 | Race Reports | 1 Comment

Mom and I had an incredible time in Vegas leading up to the race. We were covered in prayer, and I want to say a big thanks to everyone who prayed for us. Throughout the trip, we were truly blessed. We had a blast at the expo, and Mom rode the mechanical shoe! We had...

Vegas – Weeks 15-16 – Race Ready

by divineawakening | Nov 15, 2015 | Training | 0 Comments

Training complete! Here's what I've done the past 2 weeks: Week 15 Monday - 6 miles easy Tuesday - rest Wednesday - 5 miles easy Thursday - 5 miles easy with strides Friday - 12 miles LSD Saturday - 4 miles easy Sunday - rest Total: 32 miles Week 16 Monday -...

Vegas – Week 14 – Virtual Race Week

by divineawakening | Nov 1, 2015 | Race Reports, Training | 0 Comments

This week's training: Monday - rest Tuesday - 3 miles run/walk (4/1) Wednesday - 8 miles easy with strides Thursday - 8 miles with 3 mile repeats @ 10K pace Friday - rest Saturday - 13.1 Butterfly Race with 1 mile each for warmup and cool down Sunday - 7 miles easy...

Vegas – Week 13 – Picture Potpourri

by divineawakening | Oct 28, 2015 | Parallels, Seen On My Run, Training | 0 Comments

This week's training: Monday - 6 miles easy Tuesday - rest Wednesday - 10 miles with 8 x Yasso 800s Thursday - 6 miles easy with strides Friday - rest Saturday - rest Sunday - 22 miles LSD (run 1/walk .1 x 20) Total: 44 miles I was supposed to do an easy 6 on...