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In 2010, I was standing at the finish line of the Los Angeles Marathon, waiting to cheer for my oldest daughter as she completed her race. I remember watching the runners and thinking how normal they all looked (well, at least most of them looked normal\u2014there was the occasional runner wearing a gorilla mask or tutu or dribbling a basketball while running barefoot). For the most part, the runners I saw were not eccentrics, nor were they elite athletes: They were normal people like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember thinking, I could do this. It can\u2019t be that hard. I decided right then and there that I was going to run the LA Marathon the following year. And I did! I actually ran 26.2 miles all the way from Dodger Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier\u2014in the pouring rain and freezing cold, no less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason I finished the race was not because I tried really hard but because I trained really smart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a huge difference between trying and training.[i]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I knew if I was going to succeed at the marathon, I would need help, so I found a trainer. She mapped out the number of miles I needed to run each week (on average, I ran thirty-eight miles per week for twenty weeks) and advised me what to eat and how much rest I needed between runs. She even helped me buy the right type of shoes and running gear. I learned a lot about running, and I trained hard during the months before the marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can imagine how good it felt when I crossed the finish line on race day. Actually, I burst out crying, I was so glad it was over. Those last few miles of the marathon had been absolute agony\u2014I was in so much pain I just wanted to run into oncoming traffic and get it over with. But I pushed through the pain and the mental anguish, and because I had trained smart, I had developed the mental and physical ability to run 26.2 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, imagine the outcome if one day I had said to my wife Susan, \u201cYou know what honey, I\u2019m going to run the LA Marathon tomorrow. I know I\u2019ve never run that far before, and I haven\u2019t done any training. But I\u2019m going to try really, really hard.\u201d If that\u2019s all I did to prepare, how far do you think I could have run on race day? Not very far, right? Why? Because I hadn\u2019t trained myself to run 26.2 miles. The truth is, no amount of willpower would have made any difference\u2014without proper training, I would have failed to finish the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My training routine wasn\u2019t complicated, but it did involve an intentional process composed of three ingredients: information, relationships, and direct interaction. These same three ingredients facilitate the Christ-formation <\/a>process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ken<\/figure>
Ken Baugh<\/span>

Ken Baugh<\/strong>\u00a0was a wildly successful pastor before a crippling experience of burnout disrupted his career and set him on a journey to better understand the dynamics of spiritual health. With a DMin from Talbot Theological Seminary, Ken is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Discipleship Training.<\/p>\n

More from Ken<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sources<\/strong>
[i] I credit the idea of trying versus training to Dallas Willard in The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives (New York: Harper & Row, 1988), 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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