What kind of runner are you when no one’s watching? When you’re stripped of workout metrics, goals, identity, narrative, and all the roles you try to play?

There’s this rare moment when running stops being something you do and becomes something you are. When numbers fade, noise dissolves, and the body stops negotiating. You’re not chasing or escaping anymore. You’re simply there. Moving through space as space moves through you. That bare state where rhythm replaces thought, effort becomes transp...