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I can’t tell you how proud i am of him for completing it. While we were waiting for him at the finishline, I told the kids to go run with him because he looked tired. I was hoping that they would give him a second wind and I think he was glad, other than the fact The Younger knock off a couple of seconds on his time because he couldn’t keep up and was getting upset. The Hub forgave him. lol

The Hub was tired. More than tired – exhausted. More than exhausted, but alive! His first word was “cold.” So I quickly wrapped him in the mylar blanket like a hot potato in foil. I pulled out the power bar and goo that was in my pocket in case he needed it at mile 14, but he didn’t. Thank goodness they were still in my pocket and thank goodness The Younger insisted on bring a bag of dried mangoes. We jointly fed him. Near the end of the bag of he said that he was starting to feel coherent.

Why did I choose his quote for today’s Success Sunday? Not because of what he said, but what he did – crossed the finishline. At the sound of the gun at 8am this morning, he had a goal. That goal was to cross the finishline. I think many people hit a wall in their quest to reach their goal. I know that I have. I’ve hit a wall, just shy of my goal and I’ve let my exhaustion (mental, physical, emotional) convince me that I didn’t want my goal bad enough to keep “running the race.” For a marathoner, they know how much further they have – 26.2 miles total. For others, we don’t always know how much further we have to go to reach the goal. It makes me a little sick to my stomach to think, ‘what if I was just at mile 25, and I gave up so close to the finishline?’ From my experience from mentoring and coaching, I have seen that in others. The Hub basically put himself on autopilot when he hit the wall, doing the only thing that guaranteed progress – putting one foot in front of the other. He taught me a lesson in success today, and I hope that my readers gained from it too!

Congratulations, you Maniac! I’m so proud of you!

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