But some of them are faster than others. And some of them are slower than others. I usually ran with some of the slower runners because I enjoyed their company. I honestly believed that was as fast as I could go. After all I am a beginning marathon runner.
One day, that all changed. Our trainer slowed down to run with me and began to urge me on. She told me my breathing was "mental". I think that is a good thing...but she she told me to try speeding up some, and that I have more power than I think.
Well, she is wiser than I am and has more experience. Only a fool won't heed sound advice. So although it didn't seem like it, I considered what she said, and sped up a bit. I found myself running alone. I wasn't quite as fast as the fast runners and was a bit faster than the slow runners. So I ran alone.
Then something happened...I discovered my own pace. I began to speed up, and walk less. This went on for a few runs and then "Molly" happened. (Her name has been changed to protect her identity ;-)
She is the one in the group that always finishes first. One day, let's call it "M-day", I thought, maybe I will run with her for just a little while. We ran and ran, and I found that the only limitation was in my head. I found that running with her, I pushed myself like never before. I discovered new dimensions of my abilities.
While every runner runs, not every runner is someone I should run with if I want to push myself to the limits.
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. " 1 Cor 9:24 NIV
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