Running!! A quest of conquering self!

Running has never been something natural for me. In school, though i was young and a fit tennis player in secondary3/4, i never liked to run. To run long distance in a long monotonus rhythm bores me to death..haha

However, i took up a new challenge last year to run a marathon...i soon realise after running this standard charted half marathon and all the pratice runs i had is that running long distances requires a unique sort of challenge..and the only enemy is yourself.

While tennis games requires a little bit of "luck" and of course skill and endurance versus your opponent, your opponent in running is your own mind and body. There is no one to "blame"...

Our journey as a Christian is similar. The greatest battle that must be fought and won is within. Once you conquer self, half of all the battles are won. What do you need to conquer today? Is it disappointments? Fear? Rejection? Lack of faith?

Conquer self within by allowing God to conquer you. With Him, all things are possible.