I have no interest in watching the political conventions, but I love all the great things happening in the world. And there are a lot.

Here's one that is inspiring.

From the Huff Post:

Brenda Martinez’s drive runs deep.

When the 28-year-old Olympian was a young girl training in track and field, she was unable to afford running shoes. Now, she’s competing on the U.S. team in the women’s 1,500-meter race in Rio this August.

“I remember when I was young and my parents couldn’t afford to buy me a new pair of running shoes,” Martinez wrote on Instagram. “The shoes I wore to school were the same shoes I wore to practice. My father would always try to find running shoes on the clearance rack. I’m donating back to the sport that gave me a fighting chance in the world.”

Martinez continued running while she attended college at UC Riverside, and was named All-American three times, according to Runner’s World.

College was also where Martinez met her husband, Carlos Handler, a former UC Riverside running star.

For the past four years, Martinez has hosted an annual summer camp for 10 to 12 female high school runners, she described to FloTrack.

The camp includes daily runs and clinics about confidence, healthy living and positive thinking.

Martinez and Handler cover all expenses, including meals, and even personally pick the girls up when they arrive in couple’s town of Big Bear Lake, California.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. -Walter Elliot