Endurance - XC 2018

Hebrews 12:1, "Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,"

A friend and fellow X-Country mom took this photo of our girls, the sixth hidden behind the middle runner, and Coach Marshal in the foreground.

Last pep talk at the starting line. 

GO!

Lydia running through the trees.

Coming in to the finish line!  Number 22.  She was bumped up to 21st spot and qualified for the State X-Country Meet in Pasco, WA.

Ran their race well.  They took second place as a team in this Washington state regional race, headed to state championship.

Boys are up!  Gabe with the shades, gets set.

They are off!

Running strong

Feeling the pain.

Burn

Throwing all he has into the finish line.

Crossed the line, 18th place.  Bumped up to 16th place of the 28 runners that qualified for State.

I am thankful for my Cross-Country passionate husband who has a love for the race and trains our children to run with endurance, that they might know the meaning of Paul's words in scripture.
1 Corinthians 9
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control,[b] lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Philippians 3
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 
2 Timothy 4
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.