Run for Virtue

Virtue Run August 25, 2012

As you may have noticed I have taken a recent interest in running.  I have always been active in sports, but  I have not ran on a regular basis in years.  Back in May we challenged the Young Women in our Stake to participate in a “Run for Virtue” to prove that they can do hard things both physically and spiritually.  Their Young Women leaders and mothers were also invited participate, and I being both a leader and a mother of one of the participants had no excuses.

Each participant was given 2 training plans, one to prepare them physically, and the other to prepare them spiritually. 

The spiritual plan was adapted from Elaine Dalton’s book “Return to Virtue” where she invites the readers to do four things daily that will strengthen ones faith and power to obey.

The PROS spiritual training plan requires daily participation in;

P - Prayers

R - Reading the Book of Mormon at least 5 minutes a day

O - Obeying the standards as taught in the For Strength of Youth pamphlet

S - Smile 

Sister Dalton goes on to say that “these four things will strengthen you and enable you to run your race of life successfully!”

I really have enjoyed the opportunity to train for the runs with my daughter.  She does not share my same passion for sports and on many of the earlier runs she would tell me how much she hated running, but she stuck with it and didn't give up, what an example she has been to me.  Now the event is over we have continued running and although I know she won't admit it I think she is finding that it is not so bad after all.

This event was a huge success and as you can see from the picture they definitely have the 4^th step down, smiling :)

Photos by Jennifer Jackson