You wake up at 4:30 AM to get your long run in before you get slammed with a full day of life. You load the bar with more weight five minutes before the gym closes because regular hour don't apply to you. You are the first one on the field, the last one off the court, the only one on the road, or in the pool or on the ice Sundays and holidays. You don't get paid, you aren't sponsored and you rarely even get acknowledged. That's not why you do it any way. You do it for for the simple joy of breathing deeply, the exhilaration of accomplishment; of discovering a part of you that won't let you quit until you've pushed yourself a little harder and a little further today than you did yesterday.
Welcome to the community of those who know what it means to go for it; to put themselves out there; to follow their hearts toward a passion that defines them by their effort. If that is what best describes you, then you are one of us and we would love to hear from you. In the mean time, continue to stretch the limits of your endurance, and when the voices speak to you, as they always do, asking you to "How much farther?", "What's the point?", "Why not quit?" It is then that you dig deep inside and find that...
UR the answer!