As a person who use to feel the same way about running and then decided to run 12 yra ago when I was 40 yrs old I felt pretty much everything she wrote about. Even now all these yes later and the different struggles and changes and challenges in life. I still love running but have come to a place that I just want to run for the joy of it and how it makes me feel. Running made me free. Running taught me I am strong when I want something bad enough. Strong enough to nit take no and keep at it even when it didn't look pretty and often made me feel foolish. Sometimes still. Anyways I could go on in more details but in short.. I could have said all the same things. Fun fast read.