7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9

Places I want to see:

Grand Canyon again...like to run rim to rim.

Grand Tetons.

Yosemite/Giant redwoods.

Thailand beaches.

Great Wall of China.

Australia, New Zealand.

The Himalayas and the Alps.

Things I want to do:

Travel to many college football and basketball venues.

Run 100 mile run.

Autumn fall folliage tour.

Bed and Breakfast hop in Europe and the US.

Open a B and B that caters to runners.

Couple of places to put on the I would like to run here list.

Day Off, Day to Run

The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40.8

Beautiful day for a run, it is going to be cool, little breeze, sunny, the leaves are changing...what a blessed day. I am a mentor at a elementary school and run with a young man at least once a week and we visit and I try to offer him encouragement. He is a great kid with a ready smile and a very caring spirit, he offers encouragement to younger kids...I have great hope for him, I don't want the world to swallow him up. Get involved with kids, mentor them, encourage them, listen to them, I think in the end I get way more out of it than he does, funny when you give you receive so much back.

Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm9:10

Favorite vacation spot and another great place to run:

37 to 50, got to know the score

37 days until a 50 mile run. My plans are to caravan with a group of TATURS http://www.tatur.org/ to the Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Run December 8th. A couple of the crazies will also be running the Whiterock Marathon in Dallas on the 9th. I plan to cheer them on from a prone position of leisure.

50 miles seems like a big step up from50k or 31 miles, but I just assume it is a little more suffering over an extended period of time. The Sunmart course is relatively flat and should be a good first 50 miler.

The last couple of months have weighed heavily on my training...life happens, I am excited to have a date out there, a goal to focus on, a running to something instead of running away from something which seems to be what I have been doing. Funny, same time on the road and trails and training and running for something is energizing where running from something just drains me. Ready to giddy-up and go.

Verse of the day that spoke to my heart.

Zephaniah 3:17

17 The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."