​Runners High

I started to run cause I felt weak and slow. U know...when u can't open a bottle of pickle, the shopping the bags are too heavy, u r slow at work, etc.

I continued running cause I felt so good afterwards. I laughed, smiled, felt strong and happy. As Google says:

"The joy of running. That sense of well-being, freedom and extra energy that runners often experience is not just a matter of endorphins. A new study shows that the "runner's high" phenomenon is also caused by dopamine, an important neurotransmitter for motivation. The joy of running."      

Whatever that means it's working. Dopamine and endorphins became my friends :)

And not just I got stronger, I started to lose weight .

And then I became a fanatic. I ran when I was sad, angry, happy, stressed or even when I was sick. 

And it worked. All the time !!! 

The goal was to run until I don't think. Until I reach the mindset to put everything behind, to put everything out of my mind. I love it when I start to hear my steps. I noticed that I don't hear them when I start running. I hear just my thoughts. All of them. I first start to hear them when I get exhausted. When my only goal is just to live and breath. It sounds stupid I know but from that moment I can really start to relax. Nothing is bothering me. The whole world disappears. It's just me. The tired, exhausted me alone. Not 'the stressed about work' or 'nerveous what people think about me' or 'am I a good mother?' me. It's just the tired, exhausted me alone and the sound of my steps. It's awsome !!!!!! 

And it continues after running as well. I feel strong, I feel my muscles holding me together. I feel stable. And then comes the happyness :)))))))))))

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​How to start running?

At the beginning - or after a long break - I run just as much as I easily can. It's fun, easy, not too difficult, I should not suffer and die already at the half of it, but not even at the end. Sometimes it's an embarrassingly short distance but it's still MY embarrassingly short distance !!! It makes ME happy! It's ME who did it ! And later on I increase it. I run longer and faster. But always just as much and as fast as I easily can and want.

After a while it becomes too boring. I feel like I wanna do more. Then I increase it to a distance which I feel challenging and I stick to it. Never less. (Of course there r exceptions like sickness or no time, then I run just as much as my time and condition allows me.) 

Please don't forget to warm up before (u can do it with very slow running at the beginning) and stretch after doing any sportactivities !!! (Otherwise the pain will come after u and it will follow you everywhere throughout the next days ! )

That's one way to shake it off :)  And it works !!

Thats all folks :)