I don’t believe in heroes. It’s a long standing belief I’ve held and it’s a philosophical question for another day that is really neither here nor there when it comes to this blog. Suffice it to say that I believe in goodness, the human spirit and role models, but heroes are not something I personally have.

The closest I come is Dean Karnazes.

The Ultramarathon Man. His feats seem superhuman and he inspires me to push myself. If he can do 50/50, I have no excuse not to do 5 or 10. If he can run 199 continuous miles, I can push myself to knock out my 7 miles a bit faster.

“Dogged persistence got me through life,” he says in Ultramarathon Man.  Me too, Dean. Me too.