#Cardio

Aerobic exercise is the modern ritual of simultaneous breath torture and sweat celebration. With every step, past laziness chases you down, reminding you of your own weak will. Your heart rate becomes a number to be controlled, and your craving for approval is projected onto a smartwatch. When it's over, you’re left wondering whether it was triumph or pure exhaustion.

Running is a ritual on the pavement stage where self-satisfaction and self-loathing alternate in sweaty performances. Often defended as a pursuit of health, it actually just blurs the line between pleasure and pain. The weight of running shoes and labored breaths are the chains binding the body to its dreamed freedom. To attempt self-renewal through running is to salute your own limits with ironic reverence. The endless pacing is nothing more than a microcosm of life's long marathon.