Though the blood clot I had been struck by in 2013 had set my running back, with the result that I barely could run distances of more than 5 kms, and the following knee surgeries in 2019 and 2021 to cure my knock-knees had forced me to stop any running activity completely, at least until I could get back to running again. So I had to make do with lifting weights in the gym instead.

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