Your mind is clear. Your heart rate is racing with anticipation and excitement. The world's surroundings suddenly disappear and it's just you and the open road ahead. That is running a race in a nutshell. For an avid runner, this is the motivation to keep going. Completing something from start to finish for a sense of accomplishment and victory. The feeling and high from being a software developer is very similar. You receive the same satisfaction of seeing something through from beginning to end. The excitement and anticipation of knowing you're about to create something new is unlike any other. A challenge has been extended and accepted, and it's time to see it through to victory. I am both a runner and a software developer, and feel very fortunate to be able to experience such satisfaction in both my career and fitness journey.

Shane James Sweeney, You have to fail to succeed