My 11th Running Anniversary

Exactly 11 years ago today, I started running. Nothing spectacular happened on that particular day. I squeezed into my too-small running shoes, put on a pair of basketball shorts, and forced myself to run 3 (definitely not more) extremely grueling kilometers. I had no idea the impact that day would have on my life.

(My first-ever running shoe., probably an Asics Gel Nimbus. And a baby cat named Toto)

The tradition of using my running anniversary to look back on the last 12 months has become an int...