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Runner's Water
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Drink Plenty of Water
I've heard it. I've read it. As long as I have been running, it's always been the same message: "drink plenty of water."
All along most race courses are water stations, and most runners slow down to drink a cup of cool water. Keeping your water level up is critical when you run.
If you get slightly dehydrated, you will not run well.
If you get moderately dehydrated, you will become disoriented.
If you get seriously dehydrated, you can die.
It's serious business.
The first year I ran I was inexperienced (also younger, slimmer, stupider, etc.) I passed water stop after water stop, occasionally drinking a swallow or two. I felt good, and I wasn't going to waste precious seconds drinking water, even though it was a hot, humid day.
Big mistake.
As I neared the final mile, I "hit the wall." My energy level dropped to zero, I began having to walk some, and I realized I would have to work hard just to finish. I did make it across the line, but only with a tremendous headache and hardly enough energy to walk. It was not much fun.
I learned an important lesson that year. Stopping for water doesn't actually slow you down. In fact, you will run a better race if you do drink water. The bottom line is that your body is simply not designed to function without water.
In the same way, your spiritual stamina depends on stopping for regular drinks of "spiritual water." The dilemma for busy people is finding time to invest in reading the Word and spending time in prayer. Like the runner intent on reaching the finish line, we tend to put off those regular drinks of water until we are totally parched.
But in the long run, you will run a better race if you will stop for spiritual water. In fact, finishing the spiritual race at all may depend on it. Runners who don't ever slow down to take a drink often stumble off the course far short of the finish line.
In this year's race, I saw a man become dehydrated just a mile from the finish. Strangely, he didn't seem to recognize that anything was wrong. He was swaying from side to side as he walked, mumbling over and over, "I'm fine. I'm fine." He was so disoriented that he didn't even recognize his own sick condition.
If you let yourself become spiritually dehydrated, you may not even be able to recognize it. Stop today to drink some cool "Living Water." For serious runners, it's a must.
The Author is Unknown but the "Living Water" is known.
Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox.
长跑者的水
要多喝水！
我听过也读过这样句话。每当我跑步时我总是听到这样的话：“要多喝水！”
在许多的长跑比赛中都有水站，大多数运动员会放慢速度喝一杯凉水。当你跑步时保持你体内的水平衡是非常重要的。
如果你有轻度脱水，你的长跑成绩不会好。
如果你有中度脱水，你会头晕目眩。
如果你有重度脱水，你可能会死。
这是非常严重的事情。
我第一年跑步的时候没有经验（也很年轻，苗条，愚蠢）。我跑过一个又一个水站，只偶尔喝一两口水。我感觉很好，因为即使那天很热湿度也很大，我没有为喝水浪费宝贵的时间。
这是个大错误。
当我跑到最后一英里的时候，我坚持不住了。我的能量降低到零点，我开始走了，而且我意识到我必须竭尽全力才可以跑完全程。我最终到了终点，但是伴随着剧烈的头痛和几乎无力走路。这可不是好玩的。
那一年我学到了非常重要的一课。停下来喝水并不会真使你速度减慢。事实上，如果你喝水的话你会在比赛中跑的更好。因为你的身体只不过没有设计成没有水会很有正常的功能的样子。
同样地你的精神上的耐力也有赖于停下来时常喝一点“精神之水”。忙碌的人们的困境是要找时间来读经和化时间祷告。正如长跑者的目标是终点，我们试图推迟所有正常的饮水直到我们完全脱水。
但是从长远的角度来看，如果你停来饮精神之水你会跑的更好。事实上，完成灵性上的比赛完全有赖于它。那些不放慢速度喝水的跑步者经常在到终点前就跌倒了。
在今年的长跑比赛中，我见到一个人在终点前1英里处开始脱水。奇怪的是他自己并没有意识到有什么问题。 他左右踉跄地走着，口中反复咕哝着：“我没事，我没事。”他太迷惑了以致不知道自己已经病的很利害了。
如果你让自己在精神上脱水，你可能自己业不能意识到。从今天起停下来，喝点清凉的“活水”。对于那些认真的长跑者这是必须的。
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