---
title: "Hero of the Day: Weekend Warrior"
description: "During the New York City Marathon, inspiration can move by in a blur."
date: "2015-11-03"
modified: "2015-11-03"
authors:
  - name: "Jonathan Schultz"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jonathan-schultz"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/734/hero-of-the-day-weekend-warrior"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
---

# Hero of the Day: Weekend Warrior

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/cyclist-mike-tn_0.jpg>)
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![cyclist-mike.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/cyclist-mike.jpg>)
**Mike Guy/TheDrive.com**

This guy, who’s channeling his inner [Alex Zanardi](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/693/watch-alex-zanardi-take-on-the-24-hours-of-spa>) at Sunday’s New York City Marathon. For all the public fascination with “elite” runners—their training regimens, their caloric intake, their oxygen-deprivation tents—other participants have the capacity to stun you silent. Hero.

*Want to nominate a Hero? Get at us on Twitter: [@thedrive](<https://www.twitter.com/thedrive>)*

## Author
Deputy Editor. Previously held editorial positions at BBC.com and the New York Times. Brakes for whoopie pies.

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