This experience is taken from my book, Run to Tomorrow.  This specific experience was difficult for me to handle and few people understood my motive to face it.    I believed, however,  that God would help me and He did. 

The entire experience seems only as a dream that really didn't happen.  If I hadn't lived it and been strengthened by my Father in heaven it might only be a dream.  Blessings, Gar, "The best and most clear indicator that... Read More

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This is taken from my book.  It occurred after I ran to Y Mountain.  As I wrote the experience I realized how much of a miracle God had given me. 

[brThere are different kinds of miracles in life.

The greatest miracle we could ever enjoy is sustaining a Testimony that Joseph Smith saw what he said he saw, that the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints is the only true Church of God upon this earth, and that the prie... Read More

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My BYU track coach was a real winner in the way he counseled his athletes.  This is part of a small section of my book that I labeled Indoor Season. The current editing is ongoing, so this may change later.   Blessings, Gar, "There is no genuine happiness without service." Joseph Fielding Smith

Wisdom from My Track Coach

One night after practice I was feeling bad about not r... Read More

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Blessing Out of the Struggle

This is from my book and tells more about the blessing out of the struggle to run after I was paralyzed.

The Fall Semester presented some of the greatest challenges I had ever faced as a runner. I wanted to keep up with the others, but I just couldn’t run the fast pace they ran. I was always the last person to finish the ten-mile run.

Whenever I finally finished my mileage and boarded the team vehicle trailing ou... Read More

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