I recently ran my first marathon, and I learned a lot of lessons doing it.

But there were also a lot of things I learned just getting to the start line of this race. 

From the sign up, to the training, through the taper, and all the miles in between, this experience taught me so many things about perspective and perseverance and fear and the power of decisions and celebrating every win.

On today’s episode of the podcast, I’m sharing the first part of my marathon experience—what I did, what I learned, what got in my way, what I had to overcome, who I became, and what thoughts helped me the most as I did the work to get to the start line of a marathon.