We are taking off for Orlando tomorrow.  Some good friends are coming with us to take in the Run Disney Half Marathon/Marathon this weekend.  Their daughter Carissa and Sarah are running the half marathon on Saturday, and Steve Hauck and I are running the marathon on sunday.  Steve and I have become good training partners this past year.  We originally were going to do Fargo in May, and Steve had health issues and we had to shut him down.  I posted on this earlier last year.  Well, now he is healthy, and we are ready to take on his first marathon.  They will be cheering loud for us, and know where we are from when we are wearing these shirts that day.

It has been a lot of work, and we are ready to take this on, and our families are ready too!  The only goal of this marathon for me is get my training partner across the finish line.  That is our first goal.  A secondary goal is to break 4 hours.  Regardless of our time, the journey has been a lot of work, but it has been a lot of fun.  When you go through this with someone, you start creating a bond that can last forever.  When it comes to our health, everything else should be secondary. 

Like the back of our shirts say, Success–A Journey, not a Destination.  This whole training plan has been a journey, and adventure.  We will finish our marathon this sunday, but by no means will it be our final destination.  Steve will accomplish his goal of finishing his first marathon, but the running will go on.  It will be an end to a chapter to this story, but the beginning of another.  Take care of your health.  You don’t always get second chances.  Keep moving everybody!

Dr. Dan

Consecutive Exercise Day #:  1932