Hero Miles

It started a few years back. We would be ending one of our trail runs and have roughly a mile of pavement to run back to where the cars were parked. Somewhere along the line we picked up the pace... and then continued to pick it up until we were in an all out sprint back to the cars. This practice became known as Hero Miles. It was the only way to end a run and it had to be done in dramatic fashion.

And as an added bonus, anytime during a run where someone starts pushing the pace just a bit too much, singing, We Don't Need Another Hero, by Tina Turner quickly gets the point across and makes the run that much more entertaining. After all, if its not fun, whats the point?