Sunday I woke up in the early morning to head out to Disney to cheer on my friend Nick running the Disney Marathon for the second time. I know, you think after the first time he would have stopped and so did he.

Nick didn’t train as much as he did last time and he wasn’t really looking forward to running again. His plan had been to increase his time but that wasn’t going to happen because of his lack of training.

Last year he got very sick after the marathon due to the high humidity and dehydration. He wasn’t looking forward to being sick again and this was all weighing on him during his stay. Besides the fact the weather was showing thunderstorms all through the race.

But, Nick need something that changed everything. Instead of dwelling on all the bad stuff or trying to beat his time from last year, he committed to just finishing. He was doing it for fun and just was planning on finishing even if he had to take all day to do it.

Well, he did finish and he beat his time from last year. Could it have been his new perspective? Could it have been the cute sign I was waving when I cheered him on? Could it be his drive to beat Katie Holmes time? Who knows, but he finished and he got the medal.

Now the question is will I try the half marathon next year…

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