A milestone however small is still a milestone

When I decided last year that I wanted to do a 5k, I was slow.  Really, I was really really slow.  I never thought I would actually jog.  I never thought I would get through a mile in any respectable time.  At first I went at 2.5 miles an hour.  I hate the treadmill.  My biggest fear is falling off.  I know I won't but I know that I could.  

As I began this journey, I would think about making prayer part of the exercise, but was never very good at it.  I was too focused on the numbers and the times.  

My first 5k was in Bastrop.  It was a treacherous 5k but I made it.  My first mile was 26 minutes with A WHOLE LOT of hill.  I felt victorious and defeated at the same time.  

Yesterday, I stepped back on the treadmill.  I have been doing eliptical training and bike for the longest time and letting the treadmill mock me.  I hate the treadmill.  I am working with an interval training program similar to couch to 5k to try and increase my speed and try to jog continuously.  It is long and arduous but I can see improvement.  Yesterday, I completed a mile in 18 minutes.  

Joshua 4:5-7 and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."

Yesterday will stand as my milestone of breaking successfully the 20 minute mile that has been daunting me.  It was still labored but I know it is only a matter of time before I start seeing even greater results and even a stronger sense of who I am on this journey.  

Praise be to God. 

AMEN

I forgot to add my running total --
Friday I did another 4 miles on the bike
also did some ab work
Monday I did 1 mile on the treadmill in 18 minutes
also did arm work and ab work