This post is mostly off topic, but I do no know there are quite a few runners in the open source world. We have a modest-sized running club at MySQL with many marathoners, and there's also guys like Marc Fleury, Matt Asay who have also run marathons. (The SugarCRM guys seem to be avid cyclists, and once in a while I ride with them in the hills around Cupertino, but for me it's not the same thrill as running a ma This post is mostly off topic, but I do no know there are quite a few runners in the open source world. We have a modest-sized running club at MySQL with many marathoners, and there’s also guys like Marc Fleury, Matt Asay who have also run marathons. (The SugarCRM guys seem to be avid cyclists, and once in a while I ride with them in the hills around Cupertino, but for me it’s not the same thrill as running a marathon. Call me weird.)At any rate, I went to see the movie “Spirit of the Marathon” the other night. It’s an award-winning documentary that follows half a dozen marathoners in their quest to accomplish the Chicago Marathon. For any runner, or anyone who hangs out with runners, it’s a jewel of a film. It perfectly captures the obsessive nature of battling the Marathon Monster. Whether it’s the pre-sunrise runs, the solo 20-milers or the sea of strewn paper cups on the course, it’s all there. (Ok, in good taste they did not focus on port-a-potties, a wise choice in my view.)The interesting thing is that no matter how accomplished a runner you are, the marathon remains a significant challenge. Even when the elite runners line up, it is not a given that they will finish the race. They go through the same suffering and pain the rest of us do. It takes training, faith and guts to finish a marathon. It’s a good metaphor for just about anything in life. The moving is playing an encore performance in 250 select theaters on February 21. Open Source