'When I realised a 30-minute run was only the warm-up, I feared the worst'

What initially seemed like a daunting, near-impossible workout routine had started to seem easy as my body grew stronger and stamina improved. The first workout was followed by three sets of 50 bodyweight calf raises, a 90-second bodyweight knee thrust, five sets of 20 bodyweight pulse squats, five sets of bodyweight rear lunges, four sets of 50 bodyweight squats, four sets of 15 bodyweight heel-elevated Bulgarian split squats, four sets of 20 seated floor crunches and three sets of 15-20 elbow-up and down dynamic planks.