The Expendables

Ryan and I had movie night together last night. It's fairly normal for us to crash after a long day and watch a movie together. We watched, The Expendables, alot of exploding and heads getting blown off. Good, clean, happy date night.
During the movie, my brother Stephen called. He was proposing the idea of Ryan and I running a race with him and his wife, Joy in October. Sure, I think. October is a few months away, yet. I'm thinking a 5 or 10K. Doeable. I couldn't have been more wrong. They want us to run the Capital2Coast run with them. The race starts in Austin, TX and finishes at the coast in Corpus Christi. 223 miles. A team of 12 runners will each take different legs of the race in 5-9 mile intervals. In total, I will probably be resonsible for about 18-20 of those miles.
Ryan was in immediately, and I jumped onto the bandwagon of his confidence in me. Joy is about 2 months out of delivering a baby, Stephen is starting fresh like me, and Ryan will need to get his long distance hat on. We're all going to have a road of hard work ahead of us to make this happen.
My goal is to complete my portion. I have no high hopes to be the fastest on the team, or even the most in shape. I'm certainly no Sylvester Stallone or Jett Li. I do, however, have a goal to finish well. I'd like to feel completely spent after my legs of the race. I'd like my focus to be that God gave me a strong body that can be pushed to limits i've never reached to before. I'd like to memorize some scripture between now and then so that while I'm running, I'll have words to think and meditate on. They will guide me, the Lord will strengthen me.
And so, i've made a few committments. Some to the rest of my team, some to my husband, some to myself and some to my Lord. I am confident that He will teach me and sustain me. He is so good and I am thankful for a time to grow.