Six months into 2023, I've run 1,176km. That's nearly as far as I ran in all of 2022. I'm on pace to break 2,000km by the end of this year, which would shatter my previous best of 1,841km – a number I hit in 2018, after starting HRT but before the spiro had erased much of my muscle.

I am 42 years old and I've never been a stronger runner. It's astonishing what one can do in a body that actually feels like an ally.