Gasping and wheezing, 26-year-old Alex Bezzina of Milton, Queensland stopped running and wondered why he was bothering.
Disheartened, he gave up on his fledgling running career. Then Covid reared its ugly head in 2020 and in a desperation borne from boredom and frustration, Alex tried running again.
And what do you know, it had changed! No longer did he hate the sport, he actually found it meditative, almost fun.
In fact, Alex has equated his early foray into trail running to gaming as he leapt over obstacles and bombed the downhills, saying at one point in our interview that ‘running around trails sort of felt like playing Mario Kart but with your body.’
We all know how addictive
