A high while running...

Gringo78

--amadeus-- wrote: »

Sometimes it all just hooks up on a run and all the aches and pains vanish and your feet grow wings.

Was reading this in amadeus's log and something came back to me that I'd read (and fairly sure experienced) years ago. supposedly when new to running, your body releases a lot of adrenaline and basically seratonin to counteract the 'pain' experienced while running. As you are new to the running on the road, its all very painful and your body releases the maximum dose of the stuff each time which still doesn't overcome the pain you feel but as you train and get fitter, there comes a day when the maximum dose is too much as you've become used to the pain etc and it ends up like a morphine hit...you experience a total high while running...it only happens once as your body doesn't make the same mistake twice. I'm fairly sure this was what happened to me maybe 7 years ago when i first took up running and one day my legs grew wings, it was the most fantastic run I've ever had.

Anyone else experience this?

RoyMcC

Gringo78 wrote: »

Was reading this in amadeus's log and something came back to me that I'd read (and fairly sure experienced) years ago. supposedly when new to running, your body releases a lot of adrenaline and basically seratonin to counteract the 'pain' experienced while running. As you are new to the running on the road, its all very painful and your body releases the maximum dose of the stuff each time which still doesn't overcome the pain you feel but as you train and get fitter, there comes a day when the maximum dose is too much as you've become used to the pain etc and it ends up like a morphine hit...you experience a total high while running...it only happens once as your body doesn't make the same mistake twice. I'm fairly sure this was what happened to me maybe 7 years ago when i first took up running and one day my legs grew wings, it was the most fantastic run I've ever had.

Anyone else experience this?

That explains it then! Yes, I had that one-off experience, a number of years ago as a new runner. I hadn't yet managed to run for 30 minutes non-stop and went out one evening determined to do it no matter how slowly. It was along St Aubin's Bay in Jersey. I plodded out along the bay for 15 mins - meaning to turn back to complete the 30. But I felt uncommonly good so I thought I'd carry on a few minutes more. Anyway it was a beautiful still evening, boats bobbing in the bay, and I extended the run more and more. After running past my car for the third time I forced myslf to stop at 79 mins, though I could have carried on for ever.

Never recaptured that magic.

Slogger Jogger

Theres probably something in that alright. From time to time I get a tremendous buzz from certain runs and it can be for various reasons:-

• a run in a spectacular location
• downhill running
• just after completing a hard training session -okay, even if I don't do the latter too often :rolleyes:

ecoli

I rememeber last year doin a session of 1ks. Had planned to do five in 3.20. First 5 were 3.16 on the money so i kept going. Had to stop myself at eight but after 400 on the last one i say ah lets see how i feel without going all out. Looked at my watch at the end and shocked to see 3.08 rather than collapse i was full of beans and started doin cartwheels beacause of how please i was with the session

DJS

I was there for that unforunate day, no reason why there cant be more of those days man.

And I have had that feeling, I went for a run straight after Ireland won the 6 nations and was sooo hyper and had my Ipod on and it was dark and i ment to do 40mins but I was flying, well under 6min pace as I felt like I was sprinting.. Well long story short I did the the same run a week later same deal but got injured... So my motto is, if it happened once dont expect it to happen often, just enjoy it while u can