I completed my 5 th marathon this past Sunday in Long Beach, California. People often ask me what my goals are for a marathon, and I always joke ‘to finish healthy and to not shit myself.’ Those are real goals, for sure, but I’m usually going into a race with the goal of getting a new Personal Record (PR). The Long Beach Marathon was not the race result I had expected or trained hard to achieve the past several months, but with reflection, I think it might have been the most

This reflection has humor, snark, and honesty: the key ingredients for finishing a marathon.