I hear COUNTLESS new, beginner, and ..well, sorry..slow runners go on and on and on about this RUNNERS HIGH like it's the meaning of life. I'm pretty sure I've ran all distances, efforts, and situations that they have, yet I've never felt this euphoria. All I get is the mental/physical relief of the effort being over.
I don't hang around casual or beginner joggers so I wouldn't know.
Those people are awful. We should ship them to Africa and then ask how their runner's high is. LOL (laughing out loud).
Aerobic exercise definitely improves mood. I've never heard any beginning runners discuss this at length. I really don't discuss running with others very much though. Sometimes people will discuss running with me when they find out I'm okay at it, but they usually just b*tch about how hard it is.
I am so fast wrote:
LOL (laughing out loud).
Thanks for spelling this out. I've never understood what it meant.
I've been curious about this too (although please feel free to file me under 'casual'). Sometimes during a run I'll get the "damn I feel strong today" feeling, and very often after a non-exhausting tempo or progressive run effort I'll spend the evening feeling elated and catch myself singing (badly), but 'high'? Not a word I would use.
Is it just excitement from when running is still a novelty, or is it actually a real thing?
idiot like you wrote:
I am so fast wrote:LOL (laughing out loud).
Thanks for spelling this out. I've never understood what it meant.
I hear some people use it to mean "lots of love." Hence the grieving mother who texted her son, "Grandma died LOL."
I used to get a runner's high from every run. Then I started taking ADHD medicine and I realize that my "runner's high" was just self-medication of my ADHD. The first time I took medicine I remember thinking "wow, it feels like I already went for a run."
This what I think:
They start running to get in shape. It hurts, it's painful, it's exhausting. Every run leaves them gasping for air with aching sore legs the next day.
After a few months they start to get into shape and they can cruise through a run that used to feel like death. They can now run 5 or 10 miles and chat the entire way. To them this is some miracle, some huge enlightenment.
In reality they're just getting in OK shape and learning how to properly run.
i must have adhd - i have run countless hundred mile weeks and done everything from serious racing to hobby jogging. i get the runners high still - im not prescribed adhd meds, but when i take them i feel quite content - however i do like running on them as too
You run too often it has become a baseline. Much like the alcoholic who drinks everyday. Try getting sidelined with an injury and report back here with what your mood is after being inactive for several weeks.
It is rare that I end a run in a bad mood unless I felt like dirt the entire time and it didn't end up going as I planned.
If I start the run in a bad mood, I generally feel good by the end. Maybe that's the runner's high?
maybe? wtf do you expect - full on hallucinations?
I am so fast wrote:
LOL (laughing out loud).
That's a clever abbreviation! Maybe you should just say "LOL", and make it sort of like a secret code for those who are in-the-know.
My run was terrible last night, but I didn't feel "bad" about it. 1 mile and I felt like a tree. So I bagged it and rode my bike. I got my happy from that.
I am so fast wrote:
LOL (laughing out loud).
Thanks for the explanation. People like me, living in the LOL (lap of luxury) don't understand the abbreviations of the common-folk.
Hobby jogger alert:
redux wrote:
My run was terrible last night, but I didn't feel "bad" about it. 1 mile and I felt like a tree. So I bagged it and rode my bike. I got my happy from that.
to a point. after that i feel there is a point of diminishing returns when you're actually training hard were you're just tired.
RHJ wrote:
I hear COUNTLESS new, beginner, and ..well, sorry..slow runners go on and on and on about this RUNNERS HIGH like it's the meaning of life. I'm pretty sure I've ran all distances, efforts, and situations that they have, yet I've never felt this euphoria. All I get is the mental/physical relief of the effort being over.
Why does it matter? These people - no matter how slow they might be - are enjoying the sport and getting something positive out of it. You may not have much to say to those people if you're a faster or more serious runner, but there's no reason to be condescending.
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i must have adhd - i have run countless hundred mile weeks and done everything from serious racing to hobby jogging. i get the runners high still - im not prescribed adhd meds, but when i take them i feel quite content - however i do like running on them as too
I like running on them, but the difference is I absolutely need to run when I don't take them. When I take my meds running goes from self-medication to something I can actually enjoy and do for fun.