A Runner's High is Real

A new study makes connections between euphoria and running.

"The data showed that, indeed, endorphins were produced during running and were attaching themselves to areas of the brain associated with emotions, in particular the limbic and prefrontal areas. The limbic and prefrontal areas, Dr. Boecker said, are activated when people are involved in romantic love affairs or, he said, you hear music that gives you a chill of euphoria, like Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. The greater the euphoria the runners reported, the more endorphins in their brain."

I'd like to comment on this report, but since I finished my 12-mile run this morning I've been too busy eating Doritos, drinking Dr. Pepper and listening to Dark Side of the Moon on my iPod.