| I have a friend who is an ex-marathon runner. When I asked her why she stopped, she said "I want to be able to run when I'm much older!"...made sense to me! (She was a mother of two, about 38 years old) She still runs several miles a day or whenever she's able.
I have a friend who wrote a book that was released about 1-2 years ago...called something like "A Woman's Guide to Running" or handbook for running...something like that. Her name is Wendy Robbins, if you google or check Amazon.
She told me she found most books on running were geared toward men. She started as a rookie and worked her way up to marathoning. Might be worth checking into...no affiliation except we worked together many years ago. | 
