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Saturday, September 04, 2010
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Dear Marathon Mission Team Family and Friends,
 
Are you starting to feel that spring in your step again? There is no time like the present to lace up those shoes and go for a brisk walk or run in the springtime air. Perhaps you have some races coming up in the near future. Or maybe you're setting your sights on an October marathon like the Detroit Free Press Marathon or the Peak Performance Maine Marathon. Whatever your fitness goal is, I hope that you'll keep Marathon Mission in the center of it!
 
To kick off this season, you are cordially invited to join us at our annual Marathon Mission "Unplugged" Movie at the award-winning Emagine Theater on Ford Rd. in Canton, MI on Saturday morning, May 1. Doors open at 9:30 AM. Showtime at 10 AM. Done by noon. Bring a friend. There's nothing like seeing the best pictures and video clips of Marathon Mission from 2009 on the silver screen! Watch out! When you leave you will definitely be motivated to take your next steps for a reason beyond you! It's called Marathon Mission.
 
Please read this News2Use carefully. Register for your race soon. Train now and train often. Email our on line trainers, Dan and Carolyn, with any questions. We are here to help, and the best is yet to come!
 
Drop me a line and tell me how you overcome when the wind is in your face and how you soar when it's at your back!
 
See you at the Marathon Mission Unplugged Movie on May 1!
   
   
at the
Emagine Theater
39535 Ford Road, Canton, MI
1/2 Mile east of I-275
 
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. - Done by Noon
 
Seating is FREE!  (A freewill offering will be taken)
Emagine Theater concession stand will be open for purchases
Join the Marathon Mission Team and keep the flame burning!
 
 
 
 
Hey, Marathon Missioner's - 
 
Stop by and visit Lisa Harper's blog, as well as the blogs of trainer's Dan and Carolyn.
 
You're sure to find inspiration & motivation in their words.
 
Share your own comments, too! 
 
 
Charity Leaders
 
Marathon Mission requires that you fill out
the Charity / Team Captain Agreement annually.
If you haven't already done so for 2010, please fill out the
Charity / Team Captain Agreement (see page 5 of the packet) 
and return it as soon as possible.
 
 
 
   Take a moment to view our 
                Marathon Mission videos! 
 
Click here to see clips of select marathons, pasta supper moments and much, much more!  Get inspired to join the Marathon Mission team and take part in helping one of our charities.
 
  
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 Attention: Marathon Mission Detroit Team!

Save these dates:
Detroit Free Press: Sunday, October 17, 2010
 
Marathon Mission Pasta Supper at Connection Church will be the day before:
Saturday, October 16, 4 PM Sharp- 6 PM
 
All registrations for this race must be done online this year. 
Register HERE 
 
  1. Indicate that you are part of the Marathon Mission Team when you register.
       2. Become a Marathon Mission Fundraiser for Marathon Mission itself (optional)
3. Make a donation online to Marathon Mission when you register (optional).
 
IMPORTANT: The only way that MM will know that you are part of the MM Team in Detroit is if you indicate your participation with MM when you register online. (Number 1 above.) Don't forget to do this! Thank you! Each one of you is a vital part of the Marathon Mission Team.
 
   
 To Your Marathon Mission
      2010 Detroit Experience
That says it all! 
Click here to download the flyer outlining everything you need to know.  Share it with your family and friends & invite them to join in on the MM experience, too!
 
 
 
 
 The Big Ticket Festival is a great opportunity 
to enjoy Christian Fellowship! 
Featuring over 100 bands, various action sports,
including a running event. 
Click on the FCA Half Marathon box to link to the site.
Wear your red MM shirt
and enjoy a race with a Fellowship
of Christian Athletes in beautiful northern Michigan this June.
 
 
 
 
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Discover life the way it should be - powered by such love, faith and joy
that it envelopes even those around you! In Living and Loving,
author Lisa M. Harper will light up your world as she comes
alongside and shares mile after inspiring mile of her marathon of life experiences. 
  
Visit the "Living and Loving - The Marathon of Life" website for a preview of the book. 
Order your copy online at www.themarathonoflife.com. 
  
Lisa is available for speaking engagements.  Contact her at lisa@marathonmission.net.
  
“This book is impressive. It’s been a long time since I read a book that has so much practical
inspiration and authentic encouragement.”

Maryanna Young
President
Personal Value Coaching
 
Training
Do you have any questions about running/walking? 
Do you need advice on how to start a running program? 
Feel free to contact our MM trainers (Dan Van Veen or Carolyn Johnson) 
for FREE advice and guidance anytime! 
 
Trainers Corner
 
A terrible thing to waste...
 
A few decades ago, the United Negro College Fund came out with this tag line: A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Funny how ads stick with you over the years....
 
But you know, maybe because there’s so much truth in that saying is the reason it has stuck with me so long. But that saying isn’t just about kids going to college — it’s true for other things as well . . . and especially for runners . . . as I learned again this weekend.
 
My three LEAST favorite times to run are when it’s windy, when it’s raining and when it’s cold (in that order...I really intensely dislike running against a strong wind). Rain is okay, but I prefer an overcast day and really don’t like it when it’s windy and rainy. Cold is fine . . . as long as it’s not (you guessed it) windy. Saturday my long run began at 4:30 a.m. It was windy (steady 15 to 20 mph) and about 34 degrees or so. At mile 6, a cold rain started coming down (hissss, boooo!). At mile 19, the rain finally stopped...leaving me drenched, my legs cold and five miles left to go (four dead into the wind) . . . BUT with a secret revealed.
 
This was my second consecutive weekend with a 22-mile (or more) run. I was concerned because I didn’t add a rest day before the run in preparation for it, in fact, I ran on Friday and did a short run and cross-trained on Thursday.
 
Now, I’m not sharing all this with you to get a reaction, but I’m telling you this because I wasn’t coming into this run well rested...and 24 miles is a big run for me. What was the difference maker for me? My mind. There were times I started feeling tired — fighting the rain, wind and chill, but then the thought occurred to me. There’s a joy in running...you enjoy this...you’re nuts, but you do...just be happy in it. That thought would make me smile (and it came to me several times when I started feeling the fatigued setting in). Then I would just envision myself several miles down the road (not the end of my run, just several miles ahead), that I could make it there and feel good when I did. And then, I was back “at” my run. The fatigue lifting as I ran on...my mind helping my body to win the battle.
 
For awhile when I was running, my legs began to turn red and get pretty numb from the blowing rain...and then I thought: There’s a joy in running...you enjoy this...you’re nuts, but you do...just be happy in it. It’s pretty remarkable how if you take your mind off of “minor” pain, it disappears..., but keep your mind on it, and it starts to take on a weight that drags you down physically and mentally. As once you lose the mental battle, you’re run is done.
 
Finally, I do have to take my hat (as wet as it was) off to my running partner James Meredith. He met me for the last 6 miles of the run (which was pretty big of him, considering the weather and him coming off an injury). We talked about the weather and whatever else for the next 5 miles, taking my MIND off the fact of how far I had run. Again, the mind, can help you and when it starts to hurt you, distract it with something else!  : ) Thanks, James! Of course, then came the last mile of the run...and James decides to see what I have left in the tank, pulling slightly ahead of me, and as I would close the gap to ALMOST his shoulder, he would pull ahead a little more. That last mile, I chased him, never quite catching him..., but that mile was over and done before I knew it...though, luckily for James, I don’t carry a taser with me when I run or else he’d have been toast!  : ) : ) But again, mile 24, my mind not thinking about mile 24 but what in the world James was trying to do to me!
 
So, there you have it. Although your mind can’t grant you a marathon run if you only train 5 miles a week, it surely can help you through those times when fatigue strikes . . . whether you’re going out for a short run or a long one. And when it comes time for the race, again, a strong mind — a mind that knows when it can help you overcome fatigue and when it needs to be distracted from fatigue — can make a huge difference in your performance.
 
Have an awesome run today!

 
 
Dan
Marathon Mission Trainer
  
 
 
WE HAVE A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE!!
Marathon Mission now has a new Facebook page. 
 
 
 
Please join us on the new page.                                              Lisa Harper
Marathon Mission
Detroit Free Press Marathon  
 
 
 
 

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