The Spirituality of the Long Distance Runner

I had not intended to add another post today but just came across this one written by Steve Fouch in response to the What is a Spiritual Practice challenge.  I thought that some of you would find it as interesting as I did.  He describes himself as an average father, working at an average job, looking at God and life in ordinary things.  He blogs at The Spamhead Blog

Thanks to my recent health problems I have had to make some major changes to my diet and start a proper exercise regime. For me, proper exercise means running – it was a passion for much of my twenties and early thirties, but somehow marriage and fatherhood squeezed the time for such practices – until I realised it was one of the only ways I could lose weight and help bring my diabetes under control.

Read the entire article here

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