Endorphin Highs

RE: Endorphin Highs

Former Member — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:58:19 GMT

Originally posted by aquageek How long does it take to do 8 miles? Is that with the current? Hard to answer that without all sorts of qualifications... I did 3:40 for the swim (it's a little over 8 miles, actually). We had some current going with us for the first 4 miles. Then it got very rough for about 1/4-1/2 mile, God knows if there was a current or not - I was too busy worrying about the bow of my crew's boat disappearing under waves. After that, we had about 2 miles of cross-current, which just killed me since I could never find a good line. The final 2-ish miles may have had a slight current assist, but I was just worrying about not getting passed and didn't really notice. Bill Ireland, who occasionally posts here, won the thing. I was about 150 yards behind him at the half-way point and moving up, but when we hit the cross-current section, he dropped me like I was treading water. Not sure if he found a good current, hitched a ride on a passing dolphin or just hit major afterburner mode, but it was impressive, whatever he did. I highly recommend the swim if (a big if) you are "comfortable" with water that cold for that length of time. -LBJ

RE: Endorphin Highs

Former Member — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:14:30 GMT

After 35+ years of running/racewalking/swimming, I pretty much get endorphin highs everytime I workout hard - esp. when doing distance work. Cold water also triggers it. I did the Boston Light Swim last weekend (8+ miles with the water temp in the 62-65 degree range) and was grinning like a loon the entire way home. On the other hand, during the 4-6 week recovery period each year that I train only lightly/sporadically, I am positively miserable and a PITA to live with. -LBJ

RE: Endorphin Highs

aquageek — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:18:38 GMT

How long does it take to do 8 miles? Is that with the current?

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waves101 — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 02:57:14 GMT

It must have been a high of some kind... Yesterday I swam in a 1.15 mile Lake Swim Marathon event. It was my 6th year in a row and, admittingly, they changed the course this year but 1.15 miles is still 1.15 miles. Anyway, I dropped my best time in this event by 40 seconds. I've been training less than usual, only about 35k yds/mth versus 60k normally, but still had the best time ever. Anyway, change in course, high, whatever it was I think I like it.

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Former Member — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:41:02 GMT

I get one every time I eat chips and salsa!

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swimpastor — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:48:23 GMT

Last night I did some anaerobic sprint sets. Doing them felt "oh so bad" but afterwards it felt "oh so goooood!" I don't know that I've ever felt as good as Wayne talked about, but sometimes... oh yeah, sometimes...

RE: Endorphin Highs

Former Member — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 05:41:13 GMT

I have my endophin high during open water competition, but only afte 1/2h of race. I feel harms realy light and something like a lough on my face. I feel endorphing hig wile i run but not during running competition, only during training.

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mattson — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:51:24 GMT

I don't know about a "high" while exercising, but I know how crappy I feel if I haven't exercised for a few days. My high school coaches told the team that we would suffer from endorphin withdrawal, if we skipped any practices. ;)

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:57:50 GMT

Endorphin High. Sounds like a potential title of a movie about a jocks-only high school.

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swimpastor — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:25:40 GMT

Yo Geek! It looks like Guvnah is trying to give you some 'out of the water' competition!

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Betsy — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 05:54:12 GMT

I get an endorphin high when we do a set of 100s (only freestyle) on a tight interval. I'm really tired when we finish, but have that wonderful feeling of doing something really good that I wasn't positive I could do. It's sets like 10 x 100 where I get less than 5 sec rest by the time we get to #7 or 8. Or 15 x 100 where we did 5 x 100, 4 x 100, 3 x 100, 2 x 100, 1 x 100 with the interval dropping 5 sections for each set. No stopping between sets, and the last one is just about all out. Interestingly, I never feel that good on breaststroke sets and rarely on backstroke. It's only on 100s, not a set of 50s or a set of 200s. Betsy Durrant