# All about gyms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-gyms/618300>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 9, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-gyms/618300 "2012-04-09T20:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-gyms/618300/41 "2012-04-13T17:17:31Z")

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> [@Craz3d117](#):
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> I cannot understand this “runner’s high” I’ve heard of for the life of me, and I have been consistently running for almost a year. The only feeling I get is utter exhaustion, granted, followed by a good feeling of satisfaction, but that is often short lived.

I wondered the same thing. It took a while to get there, and I didn’t experience anything I would consider a ‘high’ until I could pretty comfortably run for over an hour.

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