David Goggins is a Hero

I first heard about David Goggins from an issue of the San Diego Competitor, a free health and fitness magazine specific to my area. I then got an issue of Runners World toting the miracle that is his body. What makes him so great? This man is an ultra marathoner. That means that he runs marathons 100 miles or more. Sure, there are many people that do this extreme sport, but David Goggins is special because he did it miraculously.

David Goggins started out on a tour of Iraq in the Navy Seals. He came back with his experiences and had the urge to raise money for Veterans and their families. So, without ever having run a marathon in his life, he set out to run an ultra marathon. He did it by pushing his body to maniacal lengths, without anything but clear focus and drive. He completed that first ultra marathon despite having kidney failure and breaking all the bones in his feet. He still runs to this day, running towards that goal of raising 1 million dollars, despite having a physical hole in his heart.

This inspires. Every person has the tools to do what David Goggins did. We are made of the same molecules, the same cells that make up this tremendous man. He just started sooner. Maybe the only thing this man had over us is focus, drive, and raging blind ambition

You can read his blog here. You can't tell too much about what makes this amazing man tick, but you do get some idea of how much pain he undergoes, right from the horses mouth.

Read this Runners World article to learn more about David Goggins