It's because running is EXACTLY like drugs. The "endorphins" that everyone refers to? They are very real and very yummy. The reason runners act like addicts is because we ARE. Its like a combo of cocaine and opioids - the euphoria of "I am awesome and everything is awesome" and a weird calm melty feeling all at once.…
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it's also easier to shut down the post race beer tent after a half compared to a full.
This is why I run half marathons. It's long enough to be a challenge and require serious training, but not so long that you are GUARANTEED to get injured. Every marathoner I know has been injured in some way, minor or major (whether it's toenails falling off or needing physical therapy, or knee replacements, etc.).…
That I was orgasming.
God, RIGHT? I made it about 50 pages into The Corrections before thinking "I could be reading DFW instead."
Sigh. Every time this comes up, and I think Weiner has a point about book coverage for female authors in general, it feels like watching a USC-Notre Dame game where I wish that both sides could lose.
OH BOY. I was all . . . well, if it's consensual, I'm not gonna judge! And then:
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