Finally, I could see with startling clarity that the time I had spent experiencing pain on a run was outweighed by the amount of time that I felt good about it. I was aglow. I...

You don’t run,’ he corrected me. ‘But you’re more than able.’ There was no shadow of doubt in his voice. Hearing it from someone else made me realize: there was nothing stopping me from running...

Running would help with the weight, but the weight did not help with running.