“It had occurred to me that running might hold an answer. If we jointly conquered this challenge, perhaps it would help define our new, more adult connection, drawing us closer in a different way. But I knew all too well that such grand plans can also end in failure. And what then? This experience could push us painfully, awfully, permanently farther apart. I considered this against the backdrop of one glaring realization that occurs to any man with a house full of daughters: Men and women largely approach sports differently.”