I was a race marshall for the 94 Honolulu Marathon. I only had to watch the first 2 miles and then I went home (on the other side of the island). I watched a movie, took a shower, got dressed, ate some breakfast – and then headed out to Honolulu for shopping. It was 5 hours later and the marathon was still going on!

I was amazed there were still spectators on the sidelines – they had been out there all that time – just watching.

It was amazing.

When I ran the Marine Corps – I told friends and family to stay away. I didn’t want them out there all that time and had only a rough idea of when I would finish.

As it turns out – they knew better than I did – and all of the people closest to me were there at the last few miles cheering me on. It was awesome.

Congratulations to your wife – and to you!