Hearing about something, doing it yourself, doing it for a while, and sticking with it for a long time — the experience is entirely different at each stage.

What’s the difference between someone who ran once on a whim, someone who ran consistently for three months, and someone who’s been running for three years?

Your body changes. Your body fat percentage shifts. The aura you project from the inside out transforms completely.

Three years later, even something as simple as running feels entirely different to you, doesn’t it? Why?

Because while others understand running with their brains, you understand it through every drop of sweat, through every pore, through those countless windy, rainy days and sleepless nights over three long years.

Inside you lies three full years of footprints, three full years of your life.

That’s why I say: in this life, every single step counts. Only those who’ve actually put one foot in front of the other know what “counts” truly means.