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Marathon and Half Marathon Training, One-Day-a-Week (It Can Be Done) describes a two-year running challenge completed by the author. The challenge was to determine if someone could successfully complete multiple marathons and half marathons during a two-year timeframe while training only one day per week. Learn if this training method might right for you and how the author came up with this idea and why. This book reveals how the author determined that marathon and half marathon training one-day-a-week is probably viable for many runners by going out and doing it over a two-year timeframe. It describes the author's varying experiments throughout with weekly mileage amounts and what the effects were physically, and during actual races. There are descriptions of the author's experiences during the races completed during this timeframe and impressions of previous races he has completed. There is practical advice from an experienced marathon and half marathon runner for those who have never completed one or either race distances. If you are not a marathon of half marathon runner, or are new to this type of running, there is also advice for how to strategize training for, and completing a race. If you enjoy running non-competitively, are otherwise fit, and have limited time to train extensively for a marathon or half marathon, this book might be for you. Even if you are not a runner in any way and are simply curious about what a marathon runner's life is like, you also might enjoy this book.

In A Biblical Understanding of Pain: Its Reasons and Realities, John Timmerman examines six different sources of pain, each with its own chapter of description and biblical response. These include physical pain, the pain of mental illness, spiritual pain, emotional pain, the pain of the Prodigal, and the pain of memories. Additional chapters explore the sources of pain, the denial of pain, and the question of God's omnipotence and why he doesn't just remove pain. Rather than setting forth sets of rules governing our response to pain, Professor Timmerman narrates actual life events and examples, and then examines biblical responses to these. The result is a study that feels lived in.

A Free Choice That Can Change Your Life! Leaving the Secular Wilderness illuminates the stark differences between secular living and living in faith to God and Jesus. It provides a succinct overview of the Bible along with some of the reasons people may have misconceptions about what being a Christian is all about. Whether you have left a life of faith-as the author did for 39 years-or have never experienced faith, this book offers many surprises. Learn why the secular/Christian arguments between evolution and creationism should be ignored-and should not be an impediment to anyone choosing to have faith. There are descriptions of the differing versions of the Bible, and some gentle pokes at Christians, from an author who possesses many secular perspectives that most lifelong Christians do not have. If you have ever been curious about Christianity and churches, this concise, enlightening book can provide insight about the beautiful life available to everyone through a free, yet priceless choice!

About the Contributor(s):John Timmerman is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is the author of twenty-four books, many of them for the Christian audience.