It takes consistency and effort to achieve a proper runner’s high, which is frustrating — but so worth it
Photo: Siriwat Nakha/EyeEm/Getty Images I’ve been running since junior high. I was on my school’s track team, and continued through high school, but I never liked the competitive aspect. In fact, my coach once yelled at me for not wanting to compete in a race I qualified for . I much preferred the times when we were instructed to run on our own — cool downs, or easy days where we’d do laps around the soccer fields until our coach said we could stop.
A lot of people think runner’s high is fake, and they’re totally entitled to their opinion. The runner’s high doesn’t come naturally to most people, and it’s hard to describe what it actually feels like. I had been experiencing runner’s high for years without knowing it. But don’t get confused — these advantages aren’t achieved by simply going on any old run. This is probably another reason people are skeptical. A lot of factors play into whether or not you’ll ever have the experience, and how often one will occur.
Your intention is crucial to whether or not you will experience a runner’s high afterward too. Training for races rarely gets you there. Often, if I go into a run with the sole purpose of exercising or improving a personal record time, I end up overthinking, cramping, and having an overall terrible experience. But when I run with only the purpose of listening to an Ariana Grande song that’s been stuck in my head all day, or trying to work through writer’s block? Magic happens.
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