There is glory in winning a race, in being the first across the finish line.
There is glory in placing in your age group.
There is glory in racing and logging a PR.
But the inspiration is the last run/walker moving determinedly in front of the sweep vehicle, desperately trying to go fast enough not to be picked up and driven to the finish.
The inspiration is in watching those runners who put one foot in front of another, knowing that there are no prizes at the finish line for them but who know that the prize is self-satisfaction of finishing what one started.
The inspiration is in those runners who will still be out on the course, hours after the winners have streaked across the finish line, but who are determined to finish no matter how long it takes.
Happy running!
Confessions of a Treadmill Runner 