What do running and recovery have in common?

What do running and recovery have in common?

Sustainable recovery involves not only letting go of something destructive (addiction!) but also driving forward toward something life-giving (something??!!).  Alex and I have found this dynamic at work in our own personal lives and in our work together as program coaches at the Gateway Academy. 

Unless a person displaces addiction with an object/pursuit that can engage the soul, body, and mind as deeply and fully as the former addiction once did artificially, that person is only doing half the work of recovery!

This is why we love the work we’re doing at the Holland Rescue Mission’s Gateway Academy, because we can be clear that the most powerful, most life giving, most engaging pursuit there is, is a personal relationship with our Creator because of the work that Jesus did for us on the Cross. 

What we have also found is that, for us, endurance running has so many parallels and lessons to the nature of this pursuit of life and our experience.  If “life is a marathon, and not a sprint”, then maybe learning how to do marathons well is a good idea, even if you don’t run!! 

That is why we are raising support and awareness for the great ministry that we are part of.  Running and recovery seem like two difficult endeavors, but in reality they bear so many close resemblances, and we can learn how to live well by learning to run well!  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support the men and women who are part of the Gateway program.

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My Supporters

  • Mark Rider October 2019 $150.00
  • Egress Endurance LLC Your work is amazing! Keep it up! October 2019 $30.00
  • Anonymous September 2019 $20.00
  • Brian Rider Great cause!- Brian and Dana Rider September 2019 $100.00
  • Rene Weis September 2019
  • Mark Rider October 2019 $150.00
  • Brian Rider Great cause!- Brian and Dana Rider September 2019 $100.00
  • Egress Endurance LLC Your work is amazing! Keep it up! October 2019 $30.00
  • Anonymous September 2019 $20.00