Roger Barrister, the runner featured on Chariots of Fire, is famous for his speed but also for saying, "I feel the Lord's pleasure when I run."
I love that line (I also love the music, and the movie. It never gets old)!
I feel that, and I also feel the Lord's purpose. When I run.
Who knows why God programmed our bodies to attain that high. Was it to sustain us when we were hunting and gathering (yes, I would have been running to catch those ears of corn!)?
I don't know. I just know sometimes I gotta run with my palms facing upward. Sometimes my arms stretch out, too, and before I know it I am the crazy woman dancing and running at the same time. In public.
Somehow, last year, I forgot about this feeling. It's good to be reconnected. It is so freeing. Our muscles and bones enjoy moving. But the longer we get away from activity, I believe, the easier it is not to move them.
I look forward to running now because it is one of the only times I get to listen to my music. I am not complaining: it is just where our house is right now. We listen to kids' songs a lot, or none at all if my daughter is doing math, or I just plain don't make time to put music on.
It's great to get out there and reconnect with the music that makes me tick. I think running to music is fun. Not always important, like don't DON'T run because you don't have the right music. But definitely a plus. I'll share with you my fave songs:
The Way by Jeremy Camp
Your Great Name by Natalie Grant
Revelation Song by Philips, Craig, & Dean
Opening Title (from HBO miniseries John Adams) by Rob Lane
Our God's Alive by Andy Cherry
White Flag (featuring Chris Tomlin) from Passion
Forever Reign (Radio Edit) by One Sonic Society
And after worshipping God for seven straight high energy songs, and feeling your legs correspondingly speed up, you will eventually need to cool down. For this purpose, the following song rocks. I think it does well to dovetail with the 10,000 steps I've just taken.... Also good to use when doing Praise Moves (Google it: it's an awesome alternative to yoga).
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
If you get into longer distances, the 100 songs or so you have on your iPod will sustain you well. But thanks to technology, you can expand your repertoire with books now too.
Did you see the 2012 Summer Olympics commercial with endurance runner Ryan Hall listening to Moby Dick on his runs? I think that is ingenious. So I recently joined Audible.com and downloaded some books. The free ones, of course, just until I figure out if I enjoy listening to books. I am convinced it will work, though. I can't put a book down! So how will I stop running if the book is playing on my iPod? I won't want to put my legs down! :)
It's gorgeous outside. Gotta run. Thanking God for everything, just everything.
I love that line (I also love the music, and the movie. It never gets old)!
I feel that, and I also feel the Lord's purpose. When I run.
Who knows why God programmed our bodies to attain that high. Was it to sustain us when we were hunting and gathering (yes, I would have been running to catch those ears of corn!)?
I don't know. I just know sometimes I gotta run with my palms facing upward. Sometimes my arms stretch out, too, and before I know it I am the crazy woman dancing and running at the same time. In public.
Somehow, last year, I forgot about this feeling. It's good to be reconnected. It is so freeing. Our muscles and bones enjoy moving. But the longer we get away from activity, I believe, the easier it is not to move them.
I look forward to running now because it is one of the only times I get to listen to my music. I am not complaining: it is just where our house is right now. We listen to kids' songs a lot, or none at all if my daughter is doing math, or I just plain don't make time to put music on.
It's great to get out there and reconnect with the music that makes me tick. I think running to music is fun. Not always important, like don't DON'T run because you don't have the right music. But definitely a plus. I'll share with you my fave songs:
The Way by Jeremy Camp
Your Great Name by Natalie Grant
Revelation Song by Philips, Craig, & Dean
Opening Title (from HBO miniseries John Adams) by Rob Lane
Our God's Alive by Andy Cherry
White Flag (featuring Chris Tomlin) from Passion
Forever Reign (Radio Edit) by One Sonic Society
And after worshipping God for seven straight high energy songs, and feeling your legs correspondingly speed up, you will eventually need to cool down. For this purpose, the following song rocks. I think it does well to dovetail with the 10,000 steps I've just taken.... Also good to use when doing Praise Moves (Google it: it's an awesome alternative to yoga).
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
If you get into longer distances, the 100 songs or so you have on your iPod will sustain you well. But thanks to technology, you can expand your repertoire with books now too.
Did you see the 2012 Summer Olympics commercial with endurance runner Ryan Hall listening to Moby Dick on his runs? I think that is ingenious. So I recently joined Audible.com and downloaded some books. The free ones, of course, just until I figure out if I enjoy listening to books. I am convinced it will work, though. I can't put a book down! So how will I stop running if the book is playing on my iPod? I won't want to put my legs down! :)
It's gorgeous outside. Gotta run. Thanking God for everything, just everything.
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