Runner’s High Gets New Meaning

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-book-marijuana-usage-runners-high-11631309227

by bookofjoe • 5 years ago

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bookofjoe2• 5 years ago

icey2• 5 years ago

I used to do this when going on long runs. The biggest quality of life improvement I found was that it was a lot less boring to run for 90 minutes. Perhaps because of that, those runs did tend to look better on paper. I always figured it was because I was still “having fun” at the end of the run, even if I was tired as hell.

rkallos• 5 years ago

Why did you stop?

icey2• 5 years ago

There were impacts to my mental acuity the day after that outweighed any benefit I felt I got. I will take an edible or vape something recreationally with friends occasionally, but it’s been quite rare the last few years.

bookofjoe2• 5 years ago

You have convinced me. My 90 minute runs, even with music/AirPods, are dreadfully tedious.

xyzzy21• 5 years ago

It could make sense.

The cannabinoid receptor occurs naturally and for an evolutionary reason.

Another interesting factoid: the cannabinoid signally system is retrograde: its information flow is OPPOSITE of all other neurotransmitters along specific neural paths. This alone makes prior bans on research into MJ tantamount to "Crimes Against Humanity".

What I'd be interested in is how it might tie into testosterone pathways: one reality of T is that it enables you to mentally ignore the pain of exertion in a number of similar ways to cannabinoids.

Runner’s High Gets New Meaning

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