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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/explaining-that-runners-high/">Explaining That “Runner’s High”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted September 28, 2007 at 01:00 PM by Lisa Cieplechowicz</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Ever feel unusually cheerful after hitting the gym or increasingly confident after finishing up laps at the track?&nbsp; You’re not alone.&nbsp; This state of happiness after exercise is known as “runner’s high,” and has been a point of interest for researchers and athletes for years.The question is, what exactly causes runner’s high?&nbsp; Turns out, it’s all about endorphins.&nbsp; Quite simply, endorphins are hormones that your body manufactures during exercise that are found mainly in the pituitary gland and nervous system.&nbsp; The interesting thing about endorphins is that they are renowned for having morphine-like qualities. In other words, they act like naturally-produced painkillers and sedatives.&nbsp; And, as exercise is a form of stress on the body, by participating in physical activity you are helping to release surges of endorphins.&nbsp; But such a release does more than soothe the aches you…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/explaining-that-runners-high/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/explaining-that-runners-high/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/explaining-that-runners-high/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/explaining-that-runners-high/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a><br /><br /> </P>