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| Running and Spirituality (Read 791 times) |
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posted: 3/28/2008 at 2:34 PM |
| Quote from paul_26.2 on 3/28/2008 at 1:17 PM: Of course now that The Bible is on CD, I've got it on my ipod and lisen to The Bible on my runs.
Alexander Scourby?
I got the dramatized Alexander Scourby KJV reading on cd, which is definitely a classic. I find it harder to listen to when on runs. Sermons seem to be a little bit easier to digest (I do Coral Ridge, In Touch and Ed Young... the younger one). |
09-20 Tour Des Fleurs 10k (20k)
Focus on breaking 1000 miles for the year.
22:00-23:00 for 5K (maybe)
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posted: 3/28/2008 at 2:35 PM
modified: 3/28/2008 at 2:36 PM |
Quote from modal on 3/28/2008 at 12:59 PM:That has to be one of the funnier Van Halen tracks... ahhh yeahh...yeahheaheahwooowooyeahheayahhea, woooo ahhyeahhaha one more time, or whatever he says... 
I live my life like there's no tomorrow
All I have, I had to steal
Least I don't need to beg or borrow
I'm living at a pace that kills
Great lyrics stick in your mind for years and years! Now I have to pull out my old dusty Van Halen cassettes cause this song is now stuck in my mind. |
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posted: 3/28/2008 at 3:01 PM |
In the last six miles of a marathon, I often quote the runner's prayer:
"Dear Lord. If you will pick 'em up I can put 'em down" 
Charlie |
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 8:44 PM
modified: 3/29/2008 at 8:45 PM |
For me running is a spiritual experience when I do it alone. I try to clear my mind and be present in the activity of running. I see what is around me. I smell the smells. I hear the sounds. I sense the living world around me and my movement through it without naming it. I feel the interconnectedness of everything. In those moments of I sometimes can feel the presence and am at one with it.
Running requires concentration sometimes (when you are running intensely or for a long time)... which forces you to concentrate on what you are doing. So great becomes the level of concentration that the mental chatter becomes nonexistant.
Running for me is an easy way to achieve mental stillness. Within that mental stillness I am able to connect with God.
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2008 goals
Cleveland Marathon < 3:59:59 3:38:48sub 22:00 5k 20:46 HH firecracker 5000PR in the 15k this fall** 1:09:56 in a 10 miler- Have more fun = run more
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posted: 3/30/2008 at 5:54 PM |
| I listen to a variety of music when I run but I also like to down load pod cast of sermons to listen to..some of the bigger preachers you have to pay for but most are free and you can find almost everyone out there..James Dobson,and Charles Stanley are some of my favorites. once you subscribe to the pod cast they will send you a different sermon or story to upload daily if you want them too. |
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2008 races:
Race for Riley 4/26*
Callaway Gardens sprint tri- 6/22*,
Callaway 5k 8/31,
world wide HM and kick the couch 5k 10/11 or 10?12
PTC classic 15 k 10/18,
Callaway twilight 10k 11/1
*Atlanta HM 11/27 my ultimate goal for 2008!
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posted: 3/30/2008 at 6:24 PM |
I find nothing connects me spiritually better than running.
I run in ther country..especially as the sun is coming up and really SEE the beauty of the world. I'm pretty slow so I have plenty of time to watch the scenery and feel grateful that I have a beautiful world, a strong body, a good family and the luxury to appreciate it
Whatever spirituality means to you, there is plenty of time to pray, meditate, reflect, appreciate, and give thanks on a long run |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M
Faster than a speeding toddler..... |
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posted: 3/31/2008 at 1:23 PM |
| Quote from tuf_aint_enough on 3/28/2008 at 12:14 PM: I remember a time when these forums were about Running.
I don't know about you, but in order to access these forums, I click on a tab labeled "community". I see the forums as a place where the members of a running community can exchange ideas. Just as we discuss the link between running and nutrition, we might discuss running and spirituality. |
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posted: 3/31/2008 at 2:10 PM |
| Quote from tuf_aint_enough on 3/28/2008 at 12:14 PM: I remember a time when these forums were about Running.
I remember that. Vaguely.
But now I learn about garlic, Van Halen, oil spills, global warming, and organic tofu. So it's almost as good. And much more helpful when watching Jeopardy. |
E-mail: JakeKnight2002@aol.com
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"The past is nothing but a series of recollections; it does not own you ... if we are prisoners of the past, we are jailer as well."
~~ Jack Kerley, The Hundredth Man
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posted: 3/31/2008 at 2:45 PM |
| Quote from HStreet on 3/28/2008 at 2:00 PM: I would strongly recommend the book Running the Spiritual Path by Roger Joslin. Roger is an Episcopal priest who uses his running as a method of contemplative prayer. Here's some more info.
http://www.gracecathedral.org/av/interviews/int_20030827.shtml
Good call... I'd also recommend Warren Kay's book, RUNNING - The Sacred Art: Preparing to Practice |
| Falling is easy, it's getting back up that becomes the problem ~Staind |
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