This morning I ran for 20 straight minutes. I think the last time I did that was circa 2019.
Running for 20 minutes was the instructions for day 3 of my sixth week of a Couch-to-5K. So, like the little rule-follower I am… I did just that even though I wasn’t sure I could.
Why did I decide to do this to myself in the early summer mornings in the hot and humid Texas air?
I wrote about the impulse to start this program and the Divine insights that have come from the rhythm of my feet on the road ever since in my latest for Ignatian Ministries Into the Deep blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Three weeks ago, I purchased a new pair of running shoes and printed out a Couch-to-5K run plan. Then, I got up early the next morning, laced up my new shoes, walked out my front door, and began my first slow yet determined walk-run down the moonlit road.
At first, I didn’t know why I suddenly decided to take up running again for the first time in almost a decade. I thought it might just be a surface desire to lose a little weight or stop huffing and puffing every time I climbed the stairs at school. I even considered that it was just because all the cool colleagues seemed to be taking up running lately, and the little green monster inside of me desired to be just as cool as they were!
But none of those surface desires felt like THE reason my feet decided to hit the pavement that first morning. Instead, it felt like something deeper was pushing me forward.”
Check the full post out here.
Then ask yourself, is there a way of prayer or a place for prayer that your heart might be longing to return to? Will you accept the invitation?
