Starting well is the key

After about 12 weeks of training for the half-marathon, Greg and I ran yesterday morning in the Whiskey Row Marathon. It's a tough race because it starts about 5,200 feet in downtown and climbs to about 6,500 feet at the turn. The weather was cold, but it was a great race.

Over the years, we have both discovered that "starting well" is how we accomplish our best race! If we begin with 9:30 miles, then we will finish at 9:30 miles. If we start off at 8:30 miles, then we finish about that same way! Is it any different in other parts of our lives? NO. I believe that we "rise" to the level that we are called to! Greg's pace was 8:29 for a 1:51 half-marathon, my pace was 8:45 for a 1:54 total time.

We started the race with mile #1 at 8:20! That paved the way for our best race ever! How can you start better in everything you do? You are capable of much more...Start now!