12 Replies to “Endorphins 2.0: The special running high that only awesome workouts, epic races and PR’s can bring”
Endorphins are just about the best thing ever 🙂 I do love how much they can kick in when I have a good work out or hit a personal goal – even if it’s small in the scheme of what other people do, it makes me feel great!
You know, even if I don’t PR, if I have a rockstar workout or a good race (yesterday’s race WAS NOT a PR, but I think I did a negative split and I raced very effectively in the heat), I get that endorphin high. Heck I usually get it just from running and racing in general. But you are so right- we still have to keep pushing forward, that’s what running and life are all about.
You described it very well. There are ‘levels’ of endorphin highs, and for me, if I nail some mile intervals, or a ten mile marathon pace or under run… well, in that case, ‘this one goes to 11’.
Yes!! That’s what I love most about running. I will finish a killer workout, feel dead tired, but feel like a million bucks too. It is so rewarding! Great descriptions you wrote!
I reserve the right to enjoy every single endorphin my cells produce during a workout and I’m not afraid to say that yes, those PR days do make me feel a little shinier 🙂
I love the unexpected triumph of a hard workout. The days that I get to the gym after work and decide that ‘I’m just going to see how I go’ and then end up rocking a speed work out, or blowing my distance goal out of the water. Even though last night wasn’t a particularly hard workout (4.5miles outside) I had that perfect runner high because I had felt the need for a run all day, and actually managed to make it happen.
Happy 4th of July my American friend. Remember, we are all fireworks!!
dang, i LOVE that last line there. 🙂 gosh help me tho, did Katy Perry’s song just flash into everyone’s mind? 😉 hehe.
keep on loving those super runs of your’s…and i have to say that the high after not so awesome runs, but runs you have been craving all day, are sooooo great too. 🙂
Endorphins are just about the best thing ever 🙂 I do love how much they can kick in when I have a good work out or hit a personal goal – even if it’s small in the scheme of what other people do, it makes me feel great!
yea, endorphins in my brain make me happy. 🙂
You know, even if I don’t PR, if I have a rockstar workout or a good race (yesterday’s race WAS NOT a PR, but I think I did a negative split and I raced very effectively in the heat), I get that endorphin high. Heck I usually get it just from running and racing in general. But you are so right- we still have to keep pushing forward, that’s what running and life are all about.
SO true, u don’t need a PR to stamp the approval of an AWESOME run on a run/race. great job out there…dude, all about the effort!
You described it very well. There are ‘levels’ of endorphin highs, and for me, if I nail some mile intervals, or a ten mile marathon pace or under run… well, in that case, ‘this one goes to 11’.
hahaha…and it brings us back to 11! 😉
Yes!! That’s what I love most about running. I will finish a killer workout, feel dead tired, but feel like a million bucks too. It is so rewarding! Great descriptions you wrote!
thanks!
I reserve the right to enjoy every single endorphin my cells produce during a workout and I’m not afraid to say that yes, those PR days do make me feel a little shinier 🙂
I love the unexpected triumph of a hard workout. The days that I get to the gym after work and decide that ‘I’m just going to see how I go’ and then end up rocking a speed work out, or blowing my distance goal out of the water. Even though last night wasn’t a particularly hard workout (4.5miles outside) I had that perfect runner high because I had felt the need for a run all day, and actually managed to make it happen.
Happy 4th of July my American friend. Remember, we are all fireworks!!
dang, i LOVE that last line there. 🙂 gosh help me tho, did Katy Perry’s song just flash into everyone’s mind? 😉 hehe.
keep on loving those super runs of your’s…and i have to say that the high after not so awesome runs, but runs you have been craving all day, are sooooo great too. 🙂
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