Cooking the Frog

Hello!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Well it sure was a busy week for me. This past week I had student elections, sorority recruitment and loads of homework. It has been crazy!

But the hardest part of my whole week was finding a time when I could fit a workout in.

One morning I decided to skip my workout and that just wasn’t a good idea. The next day I decided to turn to one of my old cross country/track workouts. This was a workout that we runners called “cooking the frog”. As a girl I honestly had no idea what the idea of “cooking the frog” entailed. I later learned that one of the hardest parts of cooking a frog is trying to keep it from jumping out of the pot.  In order to keep the frog happily swimming in the pot, one has to gradually increase the temperature of the water. So that is basically what this workout consists of.  In order to keep you happily exercising, you gradually increase your speed.   Before you know it you’ve picked up quite a bit of speed.

For my “cooking the frog”, I started out slowly by doing two laps around campus. Once I turned the corner and started on a new straight-a-way, I would increase my speed just a smidge. Since each side of campus is a tad over a half of a mile, I ran a total of about four miles. It was rough but I pulled through.  Like the frog, if I had started out with the heat turned up high in the beginning I would have probably given up and “jumped out”.  But by slowly increasing my speed I didn’t realize how fast I could really go!

In all honesty it was a very difficult workout. But if you are the type of person or college student that wants to increase their speed this is the work out for you! You can increase the speed as much or as little as you would like. Just do whatever makes you comfortable and a better runner.

Each week I am going to post a bible verse that helped me through a workout. This week I found 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. The verse states “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.” This verse was beneficial to me because I was struggling to find time in my week to workout. But after reading this verse it reminded me that I could always make time because in running I glorify Jesus. By running I am showing to the world that my body is not my “own” and instead I am using my body to glorify him and thank him for all the abilities he has given me!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Don’t forget that you can always make time to run because Jesus always makes time for you. 

Have a blessed week!

Jamie

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