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Heehee! That’s a great way of putting it Maggie. Sure is what it felt like.
Lung home in a bag! Buahahaha!
I think runner’s have a special chemical imbalance in their brains. They must.
Methinks you did not run long enough to achieve the “high.”
But what do I know? I haven’t run in ages for fear of triggering an earthquake. 
LOL! Earthquake!
You’re probably right Suzanne (about the high, NOT about the earthquake, heh), though by the time I’d achieve the supposed high, my lungs would have collapsed already. I did more running in high school (wasn’t much good at it then either). I did at most a mile—plenty of wheezing, no high.
I can’t even run a block! You did better than I usually do. I have never been able to run even before I started smoking. Now that I have stopped smoking I can run like 4 more inches than I could when I smoked. Sad but true.
Mind you it wasn’t all the way around the block. Just down one side of it. It was enough to remind me of why I don’t do it more often.
Runner’s high scares the bejeezus out of me. Isn’t it the brain’s way of flooding your pain receptors so you die happy?
When is the high supposed to kick in? I frequently run distances up to and including 25 feet and I never get anything.
I think you’re right Joe, those endorphins probably kick in when your body starts to consume itself. I’d much prefer to be able to bench press 100 pounds than run 100 miles.
do you smoke?
Not at all. I am vehemently against it. But I’ve been cursed with a mild asthmatic condition that is sensitive to allergens and cold/dry air. I could probably run farther in humid warm places like Florida… if I didn’t die of heat stroke first.
Runner’s high....the illusion that running actually makes you feel good. I run on the elliptical at the gym, and the high usually kicks in after the first 12 minutes; just the satisfaction of knowing that I can do this, and stick to this for 8 more minutes without dying gets those endorphins pumping. After 21 minutes or so, then I feel like if I don’t get off the damn machinge I’m going to die right there and then. Runner’s high my ass.
Keep at it. It will get easier. I used to run before I turned into a lazy ass and it was hard in the beginning but it gets...tolerable. I hate exercise. I like to do pilates..mostly cause you can do them lying on the floor.
It sucks to have to carry your lung home in a bag. LOL
Maggie | 03.31.2006 | 8:39 AM