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I need the commitment of a Mark Washburne. Mark made a commitment back in 1989. It was not a commitment to devotionals though, it was a commitment to run. “The 55-year-old college professor from Mendham, N.M., says he has run every day since Dec. 31, 1989. Washburne’s streak has endured through illness,…

I heard about a man once who wanted to bein jogging, but he needed new running shoes. So he went out to the local shoe store and began to look through their selection. They had fancy brand-name pairs and inexpensive no-name pairs. There were shoes with flashing lights, shoes with shocks to cushion his…

Our friend hates to work out, which means the treadmill in her bedroom barely gets used. Nevertheless, she swears by it. “It really works,” she told me. “I throw my jeans over it and they get smaller.” – Sheila Tarner, Valparaiso, Indiana Reader’s Digest, June 2008, page 203

when the drive to the race is longer than the race itself when you keep your family updated on how far you are from your destination by saying "There's only a half-marathon until Grandma's house," and everyone knows how far that is. when you pack a separate bag for your running clothes when your idea…

In the 14th century, Robert Bruce of Scotland was leading his men in a battle to gain independence from England. Near the end of the conflict, the English wanted to capture Bruce to keep him from the Scottish crown. So they put his own bloodhounds on his trail. When the bloodhounds got close, Bruce could…

At one track meet, athletes ran in an important relay race. Two of the teams began very well. The runners for these teams blasted out of the blocks, and both teams received solid performances from their second and third runners. As the two leading teams turned the corner for the home stretch, they were…

For a very short time, when I was in middle school, I tried to be a runner. I took part in track and field. When I was 11 years old, I even joined the cross-country team. I’m not sure why I joined the cross-country running team. I was not hugely athletic. I was much happier in the library than in the…

00608 Adversity;Attitude;Running Vanderlei Lima went to Athens to do what no other Brazilian had ever done-medal in the Olympic marathon. This marathon was special. The runners would retrace the 2,500-year-old route of Phidipedes, the original marathoner. As Lima neared the last leg of the race, he was…

I had to give up jogging for my health . . . My thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire. I’m So Glad You Told Me What I Didn’t Want to Hear, Barbara Johnson, page 11

James Fixx is the author of popular books on running. His most widely circulated book is The Complete Book of Running, in which he has a section describing some of the mental quirks that happen in a race. He writes, "When we race, strange things happen to our minds. The stress of fatigue sometimes makes…

A father rushes onto the track to help his injured son finish his race. Likewise, the Holy Spirit comes to us to help us finish ours. Derek Redmond was determined. He had to finish the race. Period. He was a young British runner, one who had sky rocketed to fame by shattering his country’s 400-meter…