Runner's Soul: Running as a Journey to Self

Why do you run? This question seems simple enough to answer, but one that Scott Olson, the author of Runner's Soul, has struggled with his whole life. After all, with all the tools we have for transportation, running is the most unnecessary thing a human can do in the modern world. While runners can run for a variety of reasons (exercise, to lose weight, for competition) most runners run because they are compelled to do so, because running fills something inside of them. That something, Olson suggests, is our soul.