The New York City (NYC) Marathon occurs once a year on the first Sunday in November and is the largest marathon in the world. In 2017 over 50,000 people from more than 100 countries participated in the race. For anyone unaware of how long a marathon is, it's 26.2 miles or 42.2 kilometers. Regardless if participants have been in multiple marathons previously or were participating in their very first marathon or somewhere in between, finishing is no easy task. While I am

It was my wife Susanna’s birthday on December 25th and sometime in November I asked her what she wanted for her birthday. She answered right away and said something along the lines of "Mark, you know it’s my 40th Birthday this year, it would be nice to do something romantic and special." I was caught off guard and thought to myself "romantic and special, what does that mean?" Before asking her to elaborate I thought back to a conversation early on in our relationship that w