I understand about not giving up the running. I have a friend that had to give up running and really misses it. My cousin has been running for years he is now 54 and is two inches shorter than he was a few years ago. The doctor said it was from all the running.
It may work getting her a plane. I can't even get mine to go to the field with me very often. I did get my wife to partake in my previous hobby (fishing) but then she didn't want me to go by myself and leave her with the kids [

] I tried taking the kids, but then all I did was help them, and didn't get to fish myself. [:@]
You could do like I did with my wife and fishing. I bought "her" a really good rod and reel, and then "I" got to fish with it :-). However, the repercussions of crashing "her" plane may be disasterious. It is tough to win no matter which way you go. Hang in there! :-)