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If you would have told R29's Sara Dixon that she would be training for a marathon, she would have laughed. But after her brother was diagnosed with brain cancer while she was in college, she picked up the sport in memory of her brother's perseverance to also train for a marathon while being treated.
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00:01If you would have told me five years ago that I would be training for a marathon, I would have
00:07laughed.
00:25When I was in college, my little brother was diagnosed with brain cancer.
00:30During my brother's treatment, he ran a 5K, and I was extremely inspired by that.
00:36I want to help carry that legacy for him.
00:41It started off as wanting to run a 5K for my brother, and then it turned into I want to
00:47run a marathon for my brother.
00:48I run to finish strong for Collins Dixon.
00:54I know I can run a marathon.
00:56I've never ran that far before.
00:59Start. Finish.
01:06I got this.
01:07So my days right now are I'll wake up around 6 AM, go for a light 5K, go to work
01:15for 10 hours.
01:17Then, no matter how tired I am, I have to force myself to get right back up and go for
01:24another run.
01:33When I hit my wall and I'm having the hardest time, I think about my brother, and then I think
01:40about the other people in my life.
01:41And I say, you've got to finish for them.
01:54It's more than just a sport.
01:57I'm a change.
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02:07Join.

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