Pick Me Up!

THE MONSTER WITHIN

Launching my body forward after the sound of the gun, I’d spent every second training for this moment.

After enrolling to study politics at Glasgow University back in 2015, I was keen to make plenty of friends.

So, I joined the university’s athletics club.

An avid runner throughout my childhood, I’d never taken sprinting seriously in the past.

However, after a few training sessions with my coach, I’d found my mojo again.

Seeing my times go down gave me motivation and I quickly gained more medals.

On the club committee, it was my job to make sure that other athletes felt included.

And that’s when, in September 2017, I met a new member called Daniel, 25.

Although he seemed shy at first, seeing him run, I could tell that he was going to go far.

After chatting, I realised just how well we got on.

Daniel was studying medicine and he was a Christian just

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