No fear of the finish when running

As the year-end draws near, I tend to look back at what I have done in the past months. Yet more often than not, I have found it difficult to put the little pieces of each day of mundane life into a complete picture of any meaning. Worn out by the daily routines, my memories never last long, and I have self-deceivingly taken it as a sign of spiritual mellowness worthy of extolment in Chinese philosophy.

But no longer do I feel like that thanks to the many "firsts" I have experienced since the start of 2013, all related to running.

I won my first medal for my first full marathon in Zhengzhou, Henan province, in March.