Runner's High

[Sirrus]

So I think I may have experienced the proverbial Runner's High today.

I'm doing the C25K thing and today was an increment in times, last week was two reps of 1 1/2 minutes jogging the walking, 3 minutes jogging, 3 minutes walking. This week is 3 minutes jogging, 1 1/2 minutes walking, 5 minutes jogging, walk for 2 1/2 minutes, jogging for 3 minutes, walk 1 1/2 minutes, jog five minutes. I was a little nervous, because this is more running overall then I've done, even though you could argue that 9 minutes continuous is harder than 16 minutes broken up. Plus, I had a bit of a sore throat and I hadn't run in a while. But that's beside the point.

Everything was peachy until my timer skipped to the walk increment in the late 3rd or early 4th minute of the first five minute segment. I decided to run until I needed to stop. This probably ended up being around one or two minutes longer than the original five minutes.

I did the 2 1/2 minute walk, jogged for 3 minutes walked for 90 seconds, and at the end of that segment, the music that I'm jogging to is right around here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b19hOy_RKwg#t=00m35s

The next five minutes of jogging was some trippy ass stuff. It's hard as hell to explain if you've never experienced it or at least (in my case) think you've experienced it. Has anyone else had a runner's high?

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[sorrel]

bad trip was bad

[Ladios]

I miss being able to run a 5 minute mile. Now I can't even run around the block without slowing to a walk for a bit.

[Sirrus]

I miss being able to run a 5 minute mile. Now I can't even run around the block without slowing to a walk for a bit.

Ha, my fastest mile is 8:33. I'm a fatass.

All things considered, I think I'm doing pretty well. At the end of last year I couldn't do a lap around a soccer field without feeling like I'm about to die.

[zookuw]

It's funny because your dad is a douche bag.

How the hell did I get in the wrong topic!


Now making this post count, sounds interesting, do you run that much normally?

[mrlolop]

It's funny because your dad is a douche bag.

How the hell did I get in the wrong topic!

lol'd hard

[Thorax]

I get it occasionally. Not often though.

[Kira100000]

Its called Dehydration bro.

[Caution]

It's funny because your dad is a douche bag.

How the hell did I get in the wrong topic!


Now making this post count, sounds interesting, do you run that much normally?

loving lol I thought you were serious at first and I was like what the fushtablesauce.

But I don't get it. :(

My fastest mile is like seven or eight minutes, I was always jealous of the five minuters.

[Sirrus]

Its called Dehydration bro.

Nope. Not at all, actually. It's actually a chemical process. If you didn't spend literally two minutes wikipediaing that stuff I feel no need to explain it to you.

[zookuw]

Nope. Not at all, actually. It's actually a chemical process. If you didn't spend literally two minutes wikipediaing that stuff I feel no need to explain it to you.

Endorphins ("endogenous morphine") are endogenous opioid peptides that function as neurotransmitters. They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and climax, and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce brown towngesia and a feeling of well-being.
The term "endorphin" implies a pharmacological activity (brown townogous to the activity of the corticosteroid category of biochemicals) as opposed to a specific chemical formulation. It consists of two parts: endo- and -orphin; these are short forms of the words endogenous and morphine, intended to mean "a morphine-like substance originating from within the body."
The term endorphin rush has been adopted in popular speech to refer to feelings of exhilaration brought on by pain, danger, or other forms of stress, supposedly due to the influence of endorphins. When a nerve impulse reaches the spinal cord, endorphins are released which prevent nerve cells from releasing more pain signals. Immediately after injury, endorphins allow animals to feel a sense of power and control over themselves that allows them to persist with activity for an extended time.