2 Sisters running journey

Me and my sisters running journey started with me wanting a little discipline in my life and maybe just to achieve something new. Everyone else seemed to be doing 5ks so I thought I would have a go. I sort of just ran once a week and only if it was decent weather not a lot of discipline really but I got up to the 5k mark. The next bit of the story involves my sister. Let me tell you a little about my sister her names Ruth and she has Downs syndrome I’m her full time carer .She’s my shadow really everything I do she wants to do so when I started running she wanted to see if she could do it as well. To be honest I wasn’t sure what she could achieve she’s a pretty good swimmer but that was it really as far as athletics went although she will recount her long jump and cross-country pursuits at school which she took part in many moons ago she’s 52 now. Anyway we started with a little run around the block she kept going the whole way round to my surprise really. It kept going from there I would lengthen the run and she would just do it 1 mile 1.5 mile 2 mile until we got to the 5k mark. She never once wanted to stop she just did what I said we were doing for that particular run she’s brilliant so determined. So we did a charity 5k race which she enjoyed doing then after a bit of an injury issue with me a little later that year we decided to try and get to the 10k mark which we achieved in February 2021.As soon as we finished the 10k next day I was looking at long ½ marathon plans so I got the longest I could find and we followed it without any pressure on us although really I wanted to be able to enter a race if possible However the race we could have entered was cancelled and the only other one put too much pressure on us finishing within a time frame so we ended up doing a virtual ½ marathon she was delighted to finish it and get her bling. She kept saying your proud of me aren’t you too right I am she’s amazing.(She would have finished within the time frame as well I should never have doubted her) So our plan going forward is to work on our 5k time in the short term and then  work up to another ½ marathon race hopefully with a possibility of maybe doing a marathon 2023 we’ll see. They say everyone’s got at least one marathon in them. Anyway time will tell what the future holds but we know who holds the future. I want every run we do to be for Gods glory I wear the Christian runners t shirt hoping to point people towards God .I know as we run around our neighbourhood we are noticed and I pray we will bring glory to God and point people heavenwards. Ruths baptismal verse is Proverbs 3 v 5/6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and He will direct your paths. Everything we do even running we want to bring glory to God. He knows what the future holds for each one of us and we know if we stay close to him on the paths He wants us to take we will do just fine

Elisabeth