My interpretation? The long-distance race is a metaphor for life, searching for an answer and being unable to keep up with your friends, family and lovers at times, and the fight against the desire, at times, to give up completely- that's the 'fight with gravity' that Ian speaks of.
My interpretation? The long-distance race is a metaphor for life, searching for an answer and being unable to keep up with your friends, family and lovers at times, and the fight against the desire, at times, to give up completely- that's the 'fight with gravity' that Ian speaks of.