Mountain of God...

Even though the journey's long
And I know the road is hard
Well, the One who's gone before me
He will help me carry on
After all that I've been through
Now I realize the truth
That I must go through the valley
To stand upon the mountain of God

Third Day

Time just gets away from me. I have been delinquent in writing here since running in the Adirondacks. This weekend in Cape Cod, Falmouth to be exact, I will be running my 30th marathon and 19th state. My progression towards the attempt at 100 miles in April is coming along nicely as I use other marathons and ultras as training runs. After Cape Cod, I will run the JFK 50 mile and then the Charlotte marathon in December. In January, I may run the marathon in Phoenix, Rocky Raccoon 50 Mile in February and Way Too Cool 50K in March. I will also be spending some cold nights running through the wee hours of the morning preparing for running in the 10 hours of darkness during the 100 miler.

Third Day’s song Mountain of God shows us that we will all experience valleys in everything that we do and with life in general. I have experienced valleys in my running this fall but I still look to the Mountain of God where I hope to stand one day. Running, in the scheme of life, has little meaning except that for some of us, it gives us the strength and the courage to find our ways through life – to make it through the valleys. The journey is long and the road is hard but if we keep the faith of the One who has come before us we will stand upon the mountain. I do believe that running is a metaphor for life delicately balancing faith, spirit, mind and body among other things. I hope to make it through the valleys of life as well although the mountain seems so far away at times but I guess being able to see it or having the faith that it is there is a step in the right direction.

So, I am off to run one of the top 10 most beautiful marathons in the country.