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That's right, folks: the runner's high is caused in part by endocannabinoids, THC-like chemicals produced by your own body!
1 posted on 01/12/2019 11:47:18 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Go on another run
Just like the other one . . .

DANG!

2 posted on 01/12/2019 11:50:02 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Ya lyublyu kovfefe!)
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Ran cross country in junior high and high school. Never got runner’s high even once. Ran a few times in college. All I got was worn out and sore.


3 posted on 01/12/2019 11:51:47 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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Maybe. 25 people is not a large sample.


4 posted on 01/12/2019 11:55:26 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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That's right, folks: the runner's high is caused in part by endocannabinoids, THC-like chemicals produced by your own body!

In other words, you can run to get high, or you can get high directly, cutting out the middle man of exercise.

5 posted on 01/12/2019 11:56:02 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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Sometimes I get a bit of that high while running, but most often I get a surge of it for most of the rest of the day after running. It’s awesome.


6 posted on 01/12/2019 12:06:44 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“while your partner has yet to feel that sweet euphoria”

Chris Cornell - Sweet Euphoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDjCcpiP0sg

(I don’t exactly find the song euphoric, but anyway, RIP Chris).


10 posted on 01/12/2019 12:27:51 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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Running is stupid
Mountain biking is it !


11 posted on 01/12/2019 12:29:10 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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Never ran distance until boot camp, and I suffered. Even after i could do the whole run without too much discomfort, never felt “good” other than it was over.


12 posted on 01/12/2019 12:46:33 PM PST by doorgunner69
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all I ever got was tired and wheezing!


14 posted on 01/12/2019 1:03:58 PM PST by tallyhoe
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Yes, THC interferes with the natural functioning of the endocannabinoid receptors, just like opiates interfere with the natural functioning of opiate receptors.

Just because some exogenous (not made by the body) substance activates a receptor does not mean that it is a good idea to ingest that substance or that it is safe. Dioxin—the toxic component of Agent Orange—also activates a receptor.

I’ve never experience runner’s high, and I do not find opiates either relieve pain or cause an altered state of consciousness.


15 posted on 01/12/2019 1:11:35 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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So if we kill runners and smoke them, we’ll get high and we can satiate the munchies with longpig.


23 posted on 01/12/2019 1:30:42 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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Runner’s high?

I think it’s more like oxygen deprivation where you’re not taking as much oxygen in as you are burning.


24 posted on 01/12/2019 1:44:01 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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Now they have to find if those who get high perform better than those who don't. Then they can ban them from competitions, ha, ha!

28 posted on 01/12/2019 2:30:10 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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Don’t think I get a runner’s high, but I ALWAYS experience a better mood and energy boost from a mile of interval walking-running on treadmill. Started doing this a couple of years ago when I was 80.

Have no health problems. Everything works and nothing hurts....I don’t believe that would be true if I stopped exercising.


29 posted on 01/12/2019 2:32:36 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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I think they are way off base with this. Runners high, second wind, etc. when it really happens is actually your body switching into survival mode. I have this response on an exceltionally strong level. The response is the bodies release of natural pain killers in order to keep going. It varies from person to person. Due I believe to illness as a child I have this response on an exceptionally strong level.


30 posted on 01/12/2019 3:51:43 PM PST by precisionshootist
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