This is Episode 1 (of 30) from the book "Racing to a Bolder Faith: Getting Ready for What's Ahead." It is derived from Part 1 SCOUTing the Challenge - Chapter 1 entitled “Story - the Big Picture" and is the first of two sessions on this topic. The author shares how he began to run the Boston Marathon to raise money for cancer research and how this intensive training also provided him with a framework to grow spiritually. Informed by a "spiritual warfare worldview" the focus of this episode includes the metaphysical Scope and the Participants in the Race to a Bolder Faith. Transcript available at: www.kingdomtopics.org