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This article is part of our ongoing series at Women’s Running by Dimity McDowell, offering support to runners who can no longer run.
In less than five minutes, you change your clothes, grab your earbuds, double knot your shoes, and off you go. That’s running: simple and efficient.
Touring your neighborhood around 6 mph is usually an ideal way to sort your thoughts and quiets your anxiety, build your aerobic capacity and carve your calves. That’s also running: an impressive payback for just a few miles.
But when you can no longer run—and you come to grips with letting go of it for good—it feels like your access to the endorphin express lane has been permanently revoked. It’s a frustrating reality. The crossing gate is down, and you have no idea how to adjust your route. A walk feels watered down yet dangerously close to the real thing; a Body Pump class feels…
