The kids are out of school this week. I had a little extra time this morning so I went a couple of extra miles. I guess everyone else was sleeping in so I ran alone. I'm in a tricky place of trying to balance between injury recovery/avoidance and bumping up my training to be ready for the Squaw Peak 50 in June. As of last week I'm back up to 40 mile weeks. Now I need to push my way up to 50, including some longer long runs. I was thinking as I was running this morning (a great benefit of being a runner by the way) that a key to injury recovery and wise training is to listen...to your body, to your running buddies, to other running experts, to your gut, to your spirit, to the Spirit of God. I watched and listened to 10 hours of "church" on Saturday and Sunday. Many may think I'm nuts...or might feel the same...but I thoroughly enjoyed it. When running up Provo Canyon I love drinking from the fountain near Timpanogos Park that runs 24x7 year round. I call it the fountain of youth. It always seems to renew me. As I watched the LDS General Conference, and listened to modern prophets and apostles of Jesus Christ share their love, their knowledge, their witness, and their wisdom, the Spirit of God spoke to my heart. I felt like I was drinking from the cool, pure, and refreshing fountain of heavenly truth and love. I was renewed. As with running, now I just need to listen, move forward, be diligent and patient, find the right balance, avoid injury, endure well, and enjoy the adventure as I try to become the best I can be.
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