{"id":657,"date":"2010-05-03T16:19:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2010-05-09T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T20:26:00","slug":"a-marathon-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2010\/a-marathon-message\/","title":{"rendered":"A marathon message&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did it!! \u00a0I ran (a bit of) the Belfast marathon. \u00a0<!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2010\/a-marathon-message\/img_2347\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?fit=1063%2C923&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1063,923\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1272894345&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Marathon Man\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?fit=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?fit=940%2C816&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-659\" title=\"Marathon Man\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2347.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Along with some of my chums from Holywood I was part of a relay team pounding the streets of Belfast in glorious May Day sunshine earlier today. \u00a0And which leg did I run, you may ask? \u00a0Ahem&#8230;the shortest one (3.5 miles). \u00a0But I enjoyed it!<\/p>\n<p>Going out for a few practise runs over the last week or two reminded me of the central illustration from one of my absolute favourite books, <em>The Life You&#8217;ve Always Wanted<\/em> by John Ortberg. \u00a0So out came the trusty video camera&#8230;. \u00a0 (warning: this video contains scenes of extreme perspiration)<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"660\" height=\"405\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eBslkpA82Lc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->High Definition version:<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11443678&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11443678\">Training Versus Trying<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/thedockchurch\">The DOCK Church<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did it!! 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