I have been trying to get back into my running. It's been two years now since I managed to run in a race. (When I say race I don't really race, it's more a challenge to get to a set distance!)
Spending so long on a ship has not helped and add to that the fact every time I have tried to get back into it I seem to have problems with my knees.
But this week I went to a proper running shop, got some properly fitted trainers and also had my gait analysed.
That sounds painful, but in reality it just envolved running on a treadmill and having it recorded and then played back. Allowing me to see how I ran and how I could change that to try to prevent injury.
I also got a few running magazines. One of which had an interesting article in. It was about people streaking. The article was not exactly what I thought it was about initially.
It was about people who went on a running streak. They made sure that they ran every single day, even if only a mile.
The theory is that after a few weeks you don't want to give up your streak of unbroken daily running.
This got me thinking about how I am reading the Bible in a year and using my prayer diary. I know we are still in January, but so far I have done both every single day.
In the past I have done both of these things but I have missed to odd day and then caught up. But at the moment I have done each daily and not missed a single day. So I guess I am on a prayer and Bible reading streak of 26 days!
That has given me the motivation over the past few days to do my Bible reading or prayer diary when in the past I might have though I will do double tomorrow.
So why not try it, why not get on a Bible reading and prayer streak? You never know the thought of loosing your streak might just be the motivation you need on a day when you might put these really important things off.
The Sailing Salvationist
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