The closer
Pushes when most people pause.

.01 - Field notes
Surge isn't the loudest at the start. Surge is the one still going at the end.
When the rest of the group is checking phones and looking for the exit, Surge is the one quietly putting another shift in.
Surge doesn't believe in second wind. Surge believes in not stopping in the first place.
Habitat
Mile 22. Hour 11. The bit where it actually starts.
Born for
People who've noticed the room thins out right before the good part.
.02 - The rules of surge
The hard yard is the only yard.
Everything before it was just warming up.
Push when it's quiet.
Effort nobody sees compounds the fastest.
Never finish on empty.
Finish on form. Empty is for amateurs.
Nemesis
'Good enough.' The 80% finish.
Signature move
A second-half nobody else turned up for.

Shift
Moves before the room does.

Swerve
Listens to a different track entirely.
Wear Surge.