{"id":1848,"date":"2022-08-30T17:26:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenellynrunners.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:23:41","slug":"running-and-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenellynrunners.com\/running-and-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Running and Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1848\" class=\"elementor elementor-1848\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a834084 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a834084\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d46b4e\" data-id=\"11d46b4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a8af89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a8af89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Sunday\u2019s run, August 28, 2022, was crazy\u2014in many ways. Lots of interesting company. But around about 4.5 in Villa Park, while running with Nora, Molly, Longry, Jeannette, and the guys, it started raining. Correction: it was pouring. I had 13.5 miles to go. I saw Jeff McGlynn and David Maze, and Ed Scheer and Emily too. The crew with Sam and Mike Thiel were hit in VP too. It did not rain in Glen Ellyn at 7AM\u2026 just where we were running. The rain was fun. I felt like Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in that old movie.<\/p>\n<p>I am not a doctor. Also, I very much believe in therapy and drug treatment \u2013when deemed necessary by mental health professionals. If anyone needs help, please seek a health or mental health professional.<\/p>\n<p>I will admit it: running is not a choice for me; it is a necessity. I did not start training for and running marathons and half marathons to help my anxiety but doing so has almost cured my life-long anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>You do not have to believe me. It\u2019s a medical fact that running helps with anxiety. In Johns Hopkins Physiology professor, David J. Linden\u2019s blog post on the mental benefits of running, he states that endorphins normally prevent muscle pain while running, but it is extraordinary when endorphins can change a person\u2019s mood. This is because, Linden asserts, that endorphins cannot pass the blood\/brain barrier.<\/p>\n<p>So why does running feel good? Endocannabinoids. This biochemical\u2014created by the human body\u2013is what gives runners that \u201crunner\u2019s high\u201d. Endocannabinoids are cannabis-like in structure. Running increases\u2013like all vigorous exercise\u2013their production and unlike endorphins, endocannabinoids can pass through the blood-brain barrier very easily. Linden calls them, \u201cmood-improving neuromodulators\u201d. He says they temporarily help settle anxiety and promote a sense of calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Exercise has a dramatic anti-depressive effect,\u2019 says Linden. \u2018It blunts the brain\u2019s response to physical and emotional stress.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know, physical and emotional stressors are the starting line of anxiety. Right? If running helps me make cannabinoids\u2013which dull my sense of my physical and emotional stressors\u2014I won\u2019t be as anxious as I usually am. Awesome!<\/p>\n<p>Bring on the run! Good running!<\/p>\n<p>Teri<\/p>\n<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday\u2019s run, August 28, 2022, was crazy\u2014in many ways. Lots of interesting company. But around about 4.5 in Villa Park, while running with Nora, Molly, Longry, Jeannette, and the guys, it started raining. 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