Three Years Inactive. Now Training for a Marathon.
Building a career while studying for a master's, when back and knee pain took running and exercise off the table. Three years inactive. A string of healthcare visits left her with conflicting diagnoses, a prescription, and a list of alternative activities she had no interest in, so she stopped moving altogether.
There wasn't one breakthrough moment. It was a stack of small wins: clarity on what was actually driving the pain, an understanding of what was in her control and what wasn't, and capacity that built week over week.
Back in fitness classes. Back to running. Training for a marathon, alongside a full career and a master's program. But the real shift isn't the mileage. It's that she no longer sees herself as broken.