Welcome To Natural Running!

Your brain has all sorts of ways that it 'talks' to your body  that are much older than words and language. One ancient system works like Red-light and Green-light  traffic lights. A 'Green-light, Yes Go For it' releases chemical hormone messengers. The name 'endorphins is a tailor-tack word made up from 'ENDOgenous' 'moRPHINES' (basically it means natural opiates). You see this system steer you a bit off course as you gorge on chocolate. Those Green-light. good girl Go for it feelings are an ancient system saying gorge yourself while you can in order to survive the lean times. The lean times don't come but nevertheless you pack the emergency supplies onto your hips and bum!

The Green-light system works better when you run well. The Runners High is an endorphin affirmation, a great big Yes. The good feeling is the brains ancient reward system kickin-in: Go for it! Of course not only happy hormones course around but the blood to the brain becomes a refreshing mountain stream as well. No wonder it's easier to be creative, to think clearly!

What about the Red-light-Stop messengers? Yes they're there too. Called corticols they're are interestingly tied into  the hormone adrenalin, which is actually a state-registered poison. Now imagine: you're pressured up, running on the stressy hormone adrenalin, but you're sat glued to that damned computer. Now, I don't know if there is an Amber-Pause-and-Think hormone. But if you tuned in to what your brain is flagging up and you got up and went out for a jog you'd burn up the lean burn adrenalin ( it's what it's for!) The Green-Go for it light switches on. Great. A natural high. Can't be bad