Running is therapy

The BBC has a good article by Alistair Magowan on why running is good for you when you need a boost.

"If you asked 100 people, you might get 100 different replies, but there's no doubt that having some time and space to think - to clear your head and process your thoughts in peace - is one of the big attractions of the sport to many people."
"You get to a point where you are empty and not sure why you should go on. I think that is a deeply personal thing and a powerful moment.
"That's the interface between psychology and the spiritual side of a human being. There is no reason to continue and at that moment you have got to the battle between yourself and yourself.
"You have to make a sacrifice of everything you've got, but what you've done is joined in the suffering and the pain in a voluntary way, and that could make you feel closer to the person you have lost."