Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $67,063
82%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 82%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: runnershigh

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • For Depression and Anxiety, Running Is a Unique Therapy

    05/05/2019 5:22:16 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 35 replies
    Runner's World ^ | May 2, 2019 | Scott Douglas
    Most Tuesdays, I run early in the morning with a woman named Meredith. For such close friends, we’re quite different. Meredith is a voluble social worker who draws energy from crowds. I’m an introverted editor who works from home. Meredith runs her best in large races and loves training with big groups. I’ve set PRs in solo time trials and tend to bail when a run’s head count gets above five. Meredith is a worrier, beset by regrets and anticipated outcomes, who has sought treatment for anxiety. I have dysthymia, or chronic low-grade depression. We like to joke that Meredith...
  • Why You Get the Runner’s High—But Your Workout Buddy Doesn’t

    01/12/2019 11:47:18 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 35 replies
    Runner's World ^ | January 10, 2019 | Elizabeth Millard
    If you’re cruising along on a runner’s high while your partner has yet to feel that sweet euphoria, is that a nod toward your superior running ability? Sorry, no. The more likely reason could simply be in your genes, according to a recent study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Researchers looked at 25 collegiate runners, both male and female, and tested their saliva before and after a long-distance run. They also asked them about whether or not they experienced a runner’s high, which they gauged based on four criteria: mood, lost sense of time, run quality,...
  • How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running

    05/09/2016 4:59:31 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 46 replies
    New York Magazine ^ | Melissa Dahl
    It is something of a cliché among runners, how the activity never fails to clear your head. Does some creative block have you feeling stuck? Go for a run. Are you deliberating between one of two potentially life-altering decisions? Go for a run. Are you feeling mildly mad, sad, or even just vaguely meh? Go for a run, go for a run, go for a run. The author Joyce Carol Oates once wrote in a column for the New York Times that “in running the mind flees with the body … in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of...