WEEK
FIVE
Sunday,
August 12, 2012
Workout:
LONG RUN - 25k in 1:37:53 (6:17/mile pace)
LONG RUN - 25k in 1:37:53 (6:17/mile pace)
Notes:
Ryan Hall walking off the course at 17.3K...hard to imagine what's running through his head...and hard not to feel a portion of his pain. Praying for you Ryan, David had many faulters and trials in his life before and after slaying Goliath, your day will come!
After the completion of the marathon, we headed out for our team long run at Lake Zorinsky, it's a nice 12k loop around a big lake just a little over 1k from Will's house. Run there, rip two loops, and walk home enjoying the brotherhood that is the Team Nebraska men's team. We started with a large pack of men and it dwindled down based on paces after a while and even more as some reached their target mileage for the day. In the end it came down to just my brother in the Lord, Luka Thor, and myself. Luka is an absolute animal and he has the ability to make you feel like you are standing still compared to his beautiful effortless strides; above that he is just an amazing man of the Lord. If you know of him, and haven't truly met the man behind the running ability I'd encourage you to do so!
As we ran along, the pace continued to creep faster and faster, until the last 5 miles or so when Luka really let it go. It was great to push like that, nothing compares to running with a brother and pushing eachother so hard, knowing neither has the intention of proving themselves as superior to the other or any other motive like that, just simply working hard to make yourself better and knowing you are making your mate better as well. To put it briefly, I kept the pace up over the first 11 miles or so while Luka woke up from his morning slumber, and then he made sure to stoke the engines over the last 4.5 miles. In the last 2k I got that thrill I always crave of knowing you are truly working hard, I was really digging to stay with Luka without getting out of control, while he floated along singing with the birds, a true marvel of running ability.
One thing on my mind today was the idea of it being another Sunday that we are out running with the mates and not able to attend church back home. I'd like to quote Chris Gillespie here:
This is a photo of some of the above mentioned mates. Left to Right: Me, Luka Thor (yes, we know he's got abs, haha), Andrew Jacob in the back, and Matt Pohren gazing off into the distance. We were getting set to run a 1k time trial about 10 days prior to USATF Club National Track Championships back in July. It was 105 air temp that day, and much hotter on the track!
Up at 4:15am this morning to head to Omaha to watch the men's Olympic marathon with the good mates of Team Nebraska at our team president's (Will Lindgren's) house. Obviously it was absolutely heart breaking to see Ryan Hall pull up lame short of the half way mark, as well as Abdi. Can't even phathom the trials in his world right now, but take much comfort in knowing he is a man faith and has THE ROCK to stand on in these times. If you follow this man at all you know his heart for the Lord and his desire to do well at the olympics for his country as well as to be a minister through his faith on the run. It is his first DNF (did not finish) of his LIFE! His interview after he dropped nearly brought me to tears, while at the same time it warmed my heart to hear him recognize the Lord inspite of his trials, I've watched a lot of Ryan Hall and a lot of his interviews, read his books, followed his career; and I have never seen him come to tears (well close to tears), the heartache was so strong in his eyes and words. His class is defined in his "tweet" shortly after the race was over...
"A huge bummer of a day today. Hamstring wouldn't let me go. But a huge congrats to @runmeb! You continue to inspire me. #GodIsStillGood" -Ryan Hall (via twitter)
After the completion of the marathon, we headed out for our team long run at Lake Zorinsky, it's a nice 12k loop around a big lake just a little over 1k from Will's house. Run there, rip two loops, and walk home enjoying the brotherhood that is the Team Nebraska men's team. We started with a large pack of men and it dwindled down based on paces after a while and even more as some reached their target mileage for the day. In the end it came down to just my brother in the Lord, Luka Thor, and myself. Luka is an absolute animal and he has the ability to make you feel like you are standing still compared to his beautiful effortless strides; above that he is just an amazing man of the Lord. If you know of him, and haven't truly met the man behind the running ability I'd encourage you to do so!
As we ran along, the pace continued to creep faster and faster, until the last 5 miles or so when Luka really let it go. It was great to push like that, nothing compares to running with a brother and pushing eachother so hard, knowing neither has the intention of proving themselves as superior to the other or any other motive like that, just simply working hard to make yourself better and knowing you are making your mate better as well. To put it briefly, I kept the pace up over the first 11 miles or so while Luka woke up from his morning slumber, and then he made sure to stoke the engines over the last 4.5 miles. In the last 2k I got that thrill I always crave of knowing you are truly working hard, I was really digging to stay with Luka without getting out of control, while he floated along singing with the birds, a true marvel of running ability.
One thing on my mind today was the idea of it being another Sunday that we are out running with the mates and not able to attend church back home. I'd like to quote Chris Gillespie here:
"True worship has NOTHING to do with the place where we gather. Instead it has everything to do with the content of the heart that is lifted up in praise, adoration, and obedience to Jesus Christ -- our Lord and Savior!" © GRACE-WORDSWhile we like to attend church and be surrounded by the body of believers, I know church can be found on the paths as well. Running with Matt Pohren and Luka Thor for some long mileage, and them being two pillars for Christ on the team is a great place to be if you can't make into the actual physical building of church for a service. I recognize that I struggled out there today with some issues that took me far from glorifying God on the run, and I pray that through acknowledging them and talking through the issues I will be able to move past to better serve as a representative of not only Team Nebraska but more importantly of Christ in the running community.
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