runner's high...
talking to someone at work, who ran 2 marathons before he tore his calf, says 'runner's high' hits at about the 5 mile mark - after that nothing else matters, it's just you and nirvana : my question to the runners out there, is this true?
seems running is addictive, because once i hear someone pick up running, they run x many marathons/year. i run because it's part of bootcamp and we need to, and i have proper shoes so my flat feet doesn't hurt anymore. but i don't really like it, my knees are starting to feel it... when i'm on the treadmill i love watching tv, i tell myself i can make it until the next commercial break. same thing when i'm on the trail, i tell myself i can make it until the end of the song on my nano... so i run because i *have* to for conditioning, but i don't love it - i don't even like it; hence i need distractions to fool myself into putting in just a bit more into the running....
posted by Amy @ 2:45 PM
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There was a time when I did enjoy going out for a run, but it had nothing to do with time/effort, it was a feeling of being free.
The 5mile mark sounds more like ~30min mark that their body is switching over from burning carbs to their muscular glycogen stores. Nothing high about that, you're just switching to a more efficient source of energy, and for the endurance athletes, recruiting slow-twitch fibre muscles (remember mitochondria from biology?)
Racing is painful no matter what you do.
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