After a long battling arm, elbow and shoulder injuries for three years—an ongoing struggle that required her to undergo four surgeries—Puig announced her retirement from tennis with an emotional Instagram post in June. The Puerto Rican has since been spending her time delving deeper into her various passions, including tennis commentary for ESPN in Spanish.
Puig has also discovered her passion for running, and has been documenting her journey on social media while she trained for more than three months for the upcoming marathon.
“I gotta admit… I didn’t think running was ever for me, but this journey has been humbling and liberating,” she wrote on Instagram in September.
“Running has given me a sense of purpose and plenty of goals to work towards. It’s the hobby I never knew I needed.”