This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Passion Edition

What I Built

Why do I like running?

It goes back to when I was neck-deep in endurance and HIIT workouts while building strength. I could deadlift a reasonable weight and hold my own through an intense HIIT session for close to an hour. One day I thought, let me try going for a run.

That was 2023. I signed up for my first 5K on a road course. It was a bit of a love-hate relationship with that route, but I finished in around 42 minutes. Crossing the finish line alongside hundreds of other runners was unlike anything I'd experienced before.