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I got up early this morning and got to go for a run. For the last couple days I have had an upset stomach so my goal was to do a nice easy three miles. Nothing crazy, at a nice pace so I didn't overdo it and get sick while out running. As I laced up my Saucony's I said a prayer and asked God to bless my body, espcially my stomach, and also to bless my thoughts. I am a very mental runner and can get in my own head very easily. So I asked God to keep that "you need to stop" thought out of my head while I run today. I grabbed my iPod turned on my favorite running playlist entitled "Prefontain" activated my Nike+ and hit the street! It was pretty clear to me within the first mile that I was feeling really good. Physically my body was feeling perfect, no joint or muscle pain and most importantly my stomach felt great! I attribute that all to that prayer I said as I was lacing up my shoes this morning. I also have nothing but christian music on my Prefontain playlist. I have a lot of Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii and Thi'sl (awesome christan rappers) and I have some Gungor, Needtobreathe, Sidewal Prophets and Jason Castro. I enjoy running, God has blessed me there recently and I can get out and really enjoy my time on the road taking everything in. Often times I use that as my prayer time and that works really well for me. Other times I like to put the headphones on and crank the volume up to some music that keeps me jacked up and ready to run hard! This morning I had an awesome playlist and I just ran it out. There were times when the thought would pop into my head about my stomach and without fail Needtobreathe Lay 'Em Down comes on, just what I needed to hear at that moment. A little later I'm running and facing a pretty long hill. It's not terribly steep but goes for more than a half mile. As I'm at the bottom of that hill "I aint turning back" by Thi'sl comes on and pumps me up to attack that hill! When it was all said and done I did 10 miles in 93 minutes and felt awesome! I am sure I would not have gotten a 10 mile run this morning had I not asked God to bless it for me and I dont know if I would have if I didnt have some positive music in my ears the whole way! Just in case you're interested here's my Prefontain playlist!

1. Rejects by Lecrae
2. 40 deep by Lecrae
3. Lord Have Mercy by Lecrae
4. Dum Dum by Tedashii
5. I'm Good by Trip Lee
6. War by Trip Lee
7. On my Grind by Thi'sl
8. Unashamed by Lecrae
9. Violence by Lecrae
10. Lay 'em down by Needtobreathe
11. Beautiful Things by Gungor
12. Hallelujah by Jason Castro
13. The words I would say by Sidewalk Prophets
14. Just Like you by Lecrae
15. Misconception by Lecrae
16. I aint turning back by Thi'sl
17. Cling to you by Trip Lee
18. Jesus Freak by DC Talk
19. What if I stumble by DC Talk
20. Go until I'm gone by Tedashii