Life of SamsonFor students in my Wednesday night class on The Life of Samson: The study guide for Lesson 11 – Razor (Judges 16:22-31) is now available online. Lord willing, we will begin covering this tonight at 6:30pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
I haven’t said a lot about this to anybody, but the last 12 months have been a period of big changes in my life. I finally recognized the need for those changes after seeing the picture on the left-side of the image. That is me just after finishing the 2017 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon last November. Even though I had just finished one of the most grueling road marathons in the country (3,500+ ft. of elevation gain), I could tell by looking at myself that I was not healthy. I’ve seen pictures of myself after finishing a lot of races, and it was immediately obvious to me that this was not the same person I was used to seeing.
At that time, running was the only thing I was doing for my health. Without running, I would have probably weighed 50-lbs more than I did in this picture. My eating was atrocious! I generally felt pretty bad day-to-day, though I wouldn’t admit it to myself. Things needed to change!
That change began in earnest near the end of January when I started LT360. The LT360 program transformed my eating habits, my hydration, and my cross-training activities. My body initially revolted against these changes, but before very long, I felt like a different person (or like the person I used to be). From January until now I’ve lost 40-lbs of fat, put on 6.3-lbs of muscle, and 7.3-lbs of hydration.
Not only did I feel better in day-to-day life, but my training felt completely different than last year. I’m hitting paces in regular training runs and speed workouts that I haven’t hit in years. Today I completed the 2018 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon with a finish time that was just over 25 minutes faster than last year. It was still brutally hard, but I am thrilled with the results, and with my finish line photo to the right-side of the image.
A big thanks to LT360, and to coach Andrew, for helping me through this transformation! I’m excited about what the future holds!
Marathon no. 16 is in the books….this one, the 2018 Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon. My finish time of 3:45:30 is just over 25-minutes faster than the same race last year. It was brutally hard with 3,500 ft. of elevation gain, but I’m thrilled with the results!
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Life of SamsonFor students in my Wednesday night class on The Life of Samson: The study guide for Lesson 10 – Razor (Judges 16:4-22) is now available online. Lord willing, we will begin covering this tonight at 6:30pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
Since we always have many requests, this post is to let everyone know Sara’s performance schedule for Nashville’s Nutcracker at TPAC, and to provide an opportunity to purchase tickets at a 15% discount. This year Sara will be playing a Garden Fairy during the second act of the ballet. She will be in four total performances on the following dates:
We are planning to attend all of the performances except for December 9th.
If you have never seen Nashville’s Nutcracker by the Nashville Ballet, it really is a fantastic show that is great for all ages.
In order the get discounted tickets, please use the code and link or phone number below:
PROMO CODE: NUTTYKIDS (discount is valid through November 30)
BUY ONLINE: www.nashvilleballet.com
BUY OVER THE PHONE: Call (615) 297-2966 x710 and mention your promo code.
While this is not required, we would appreciate you letting us know via direct message if you purchase tickets using the code above. This is just so we can keep track of everyone who is attending one of Sara’s performances.
We are very excited!!
Life of SamsonFor students in my Wednesday night class on The Life of Samson: The study guide for Lesson 9 – Roving (Judges 16:1-3) is now available online. Lord willing, we will begin covering this tonight at 6:30pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
