a force to be reckoned with...

This morning, I joined up with a running group from Oiselle 

(a running apparel company here in Seattle started by a friend of a friend here).  

(Some Sundays it is just a few women, but sometimes it bumps up to a big crowd like when elite runner Kara Goucher joined the group a few weeks ago- see picture above that I found online from that gathering. ) 

Below is a picture of about half our group this morning. 

When our big pack was crossing at crosswalks, we were indeed a force to be reckoned with. 

I thought about this idea of strength in numbers and thought of the classic verse from Hebrews: 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 

let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. 

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 

Hebrews 12:1 

Praying for you all that you would know that you do have a great cloud of witnesses surrounding you which indeed has strength in numbers and which is a force to be reckoned with as you run this race. 

cheering for you today!