Don't Forget to Remember

I hope Hal Higdon is right. If he isn't...well, I'm not out any money but I'll be one unhappy in-shape person. I've decided to use one of his novice training plans to start out this whole marathon training stuff. It was recommended to me, but it's also posted for free on his website. So that helps, considering I'm not sure how much I can invest in this whole marathon training thing. I'm now two weeks in. My soreness has been at a minimum, I've upped my protein intake, and have built-in a little running routine. Unfortunately, my SI Joint is still not "hip" to the extra mileage and sometimes aches when I don't wear my brace. That's not really news, but just a reminder to continue my strength training exercises.

Speaking of reminders...

With the thousand other things I have to remind myself to do while I'm running--stand up straight, move arms, heel strike bad!, core strength good!, hips forward, short strides, loosen jaw, for heaven's sake pick up your feet--there's a new one I'm struggling to remember and that is to make sure my right knee doesn't bend inward. Most of my physical impairments, how ever slight they may be, seem to all tie back to my main issue that physical therapy is trying to correct. This was a new discovery for my PT, but it probably isn't new, since the effect of it causes a knee pain I'm familiar with. My right side is soooo weak, dude. Totally weak. And as a result, my knee just kind of shifts inward. But if I concentrate on it pointing forward when I run, es no problemo! The planets align (by planets I mean my legs), and off I go.

Why does Batman have eyebrows? Constant state of angry

Bleah, so how am I not discouraged by this? Jesus. I guess. I mean I don't think he would have felt the need to run a marathon and I'm not saying he's telling me to, but maybe without realizing it yet I'm trying to be my own Power Team. You know that group that goes around and performs feats of strength for God? I saw them (or a group like them) when I was a teenager. Inspiring stuff, although I know there's a trick to phone book ripping ...

Anyway, another reminder to myself: Glory to Him. I've asked to be prayed for, regarding my health, but I'm definitely not glorifying God enough through all this. Every few days I remind myself that I could be in a state of complete immobilization, and here I am, pushing the boundaries of a perfectly healthy body (well, not exactly perfect with a wobbly knee!). Why not acknowledge that by accomplishing a marathon, it is really an act of God rather than a stubborn person's unrealistic agenda?